Franklin Half Dollars * Chapter 1

[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]
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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… Continued...

[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]
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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… Continued...