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    Rosalind Franklin’s First View of DNA Featured on Coins

    Aug 31, 2020 4 minutes
    By Tom Michael

    MANY OF US are familiar with the shooting stars of pop-culture; musicians Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin or Buddy Holly, even actress Marilyn Monroe. Their contributions to the improvisational styles of Blues, Rock and iconography of film are incalculable and their influence on musicians and actresses remains strong even today, over 50 years after their unfortunate early passings.

    Shooting stars in the realm of science are much less commonly known. However, the Royal Mint has recently featured a true shooting star of science on their 2020 50 pence coin honoring Rosalind Elsie Franklin who did some very instrumental work before her life was cut short by cancer at the tender age of 37.

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