Franklin Half Dollars * Chapter 1

Franklin Half Dollars > Ch 1 > Benjamin Franklin

Posted by Rick Tomaska at 16 February, 2002, 2:49 pm - (0) Comment
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[The following excerpt is published courtesy of DLRC Press and its author, Rick Tomaska. This information was originally published in 2002 in The Complete Guide to Franklin Half Dollars] * * * Benjamin Franklin  by Lynn Feigenbaum Ben Franklin is a familiar figure these days. His visage peers at us from all those new, counterfeit-proof $100 bills — a man of more than middle age, with receding… Continued...

Franklin Half Dollars > Ch 1 > History of The Series

Posted by Rick Tomaska at 16 February, 2002, 2:49 pm - (0) Comment
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[The following excerpt is published courtesy of DLRC Press and its author, Rick Tomaska. This information was originally published in 2002 in The Complete Guide to Franklin Half Dollars] * * * History of the Series by Tom LaMarre Americans suggested a Ben Franklin penny or dime — How did his “wise and kindly” features end up on a half dollar? "One of this country’s beloved immortals, Benjamin… Continued...