Crick's and Watson's groundbreaking work was published in the journal Nature on 25 April 1953.
The items are among a dozen artifacts Crick's heirs are selling to benefit scientific research.
Those findings led to Watson and Crick's conclusion, which paved the way for decades of DNA discoveries.
It was one of 10 lots put up for sale by Crick's heirs.
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The medal was among 11 artifacts Crick's heirs offered at the Heritage auction.
It took, instead, decades of work in many fields, which came together, only very recently, to bring Crick's vision to fruition.
Watson and Francis Crick's description of DNA's double-helix structure, and in computing, with Jack Kilby's and Bob Noyce's independent inventions of the integrated circuit.
Mr Crick's best work has involved unmasking villains such as Jeffrey Archer, the novelist and Tory politician, who is now in prison for perjury.
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Of course, it is not strictly a departure from Crick's dogma.
Other items in the Heritage sale include Crick's endorsed Nobel Prize check in the amount of 85, 739, 88 Swedish krona, dated Dec. 10, 1962, and a white lab coat complete with stains and wear.
Crick's granddaughter Kindra said the family decided to sell the medal and other items because they had been in storage for 50 years, first locked up in a room of her grandfather's La Jolla, Calif.
Michael Crick's daughter Kindra said the family decided to sell the medal and other items because they had been in storage for 50 years, first locked up in a room of her grandfather's La Jolla, Calif.
While Mr Bellos's work is a good example of how the new football literature can be both serious and entertaining at the same time, Michael Crick's biography of Sir Alex Ferguson, the legendary manager of Manchester United, the world's richest club, is less successful.
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's "I Have a Dream" speech, a photograph, a copy of Francis Crick and James Watson's famous "double helix" scientific paper from 1953 and Shakespeare's 154 sonnets.
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But referee David Crick adjudged that Lincoln's top-scorer fouled keeper Roger Freestone.
Lord Archer's unofficial biographer Michael Crick and former MP Sir Timothy Kitson both confirmed they had warned the Conservative leader about the mayoral candidate before his selection and urged an investigation.
At a regular meeting of Labour peers on Wednesday night there was "a lot of disquiet" expressed about Sir Digby's appointment, BBC Newsnight political editor Michael Crick said.
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Michael Crick said he has made "really good copies" of the letter that was sold Wednesday at Christie's.
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