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Nuclear Weapons of the Atomic AgeOak Ridge 25th Anniversary Medal.This Oak Ridge commemorative coin was released on April 27, 1967 by the Franklin Mint in Philadelphia. It was designed by Nat Johnson, an artist working for the Atomic Energy Commission. The face of the coin shows a figure representing Hermes, the legendary messenger of Zeus. But Johnson omitted the wings on the god%u2019s feet and head because they would have detracted from the symbol of atomic energy. He also said the wings weren%u2019t always present in drawings of Hermes. The back of the coin shows the symbol of the Oak Ridge 25th Anniversary, which was used on many Oak Ridge events during that anniversary year. The coin was sold through the Oak Ridge %u201925 Committee Headquarters for one dollar.Anniversary coins were also produced in 1992 and 2017 for the 50th and 75th anniversary of Oak Ridge, but they are not as common as the 25th anniversary coin.Kazakhstan 100 Tenge CoinThis 2021 coin was issued to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the closing of the Semipalatinsk nuclear site, and it%u2019s back depicts a two-part nuclear explosion. The left side of the blast is formed of fragments which symbolizes the history of nuclear tests, lost lives, and broken destinies. The right side depicts a dry tree as a symbol of the natural world being negatively affected. But in the crown of the barren tree is a leaf which is a symbol of rebirth and hope. The Soviet Union conducted its first nuclear explosion at Semipalatinsk in 1949, and by the time the site was officially closed in 1991, there had been 456 nuclear tests there%u2014with little regard for their effect on the local people or the environment. It has been estimated that, over the years, 1.5 million people were exposed to fallout in the area. The value of the coin is roughly equivalent to 25%u00a2 US.