Obverse: Portrait to left. 1854 EMIL VON BEHRING 1917 - NOBELPRIJS 1901 GENEESKUNDE.
Reverse: Bowl of Hygieia / 1901 NOBELPRIJS VOOR FYSIOLOGIE OF GENEESKUNDE VOOR ZIJN WERK OP HET GEBIED VAN DE SERUMTHERAPIE, SPECIAAL VOOR DE TOEPASSING HIERVAN BIJ DIFTERIE. Company logo of Hoechst Pharma.
Behring won the first Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1901 for the development of serum therapies against diphtheria.
Issued by Hoechst Pharmaceuticals, part of Hoechst AG. In 1999, Hoechst AG was incorporated by the French-German Aventis, which was taken over by Sanofi in 2004.
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