Aug 17, 2025
I was at Deutsches Museum in Munich recently, and managed to see the medal struck from the first uranium mined in West Germany (in the 1950s, and it was nearly the only uranium mined in West Germany, although East Germany produced quite a lot), which I had hoped to see since I read about it in Winnacker and Wirtz. Unfortunately, it was very heavily oxidized (surprise surprise!), leaving the surface so dark that I could not get a decent photo of it.
Oh that's so cool!!! Sad you couldn't get a good picture, but that must have been so neat to see in person!!!