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All variations of the $100 bill would carry the same portrait of Benjamin Franklin, same border design on the obverse, and the same reverse with a vignette of Independence Hall. The $100 bill was issued as a Federal Reserve Note with a green seal and serial numbers and as a Gold Certificate with a golden seal and serial numbers.
The Fugio cent, also known as the Franklin cent, [1] [2] is the first official circulation coin of the United States. Consisting of 0.36 oz (10 g) of copper and minted dated 1787, by some accounts it was designed by Benjamin Franklin .
Benjamin Franklin's mother, Abiah, was born in Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay Colony, on August 15, 1667, to Peter Folger, a miller and schoolteacher, and his wife, Mary Morrell Folger, a former indentured servant.
Benjamin Franklin was a man of many professions and talents -- tradesman, publisher, writer, artist, scientist, inventor, political revolutionary, statesman. ... Franklin is also on the $100 bill ...
Benjamin Franklin began printing Province of Pennsylvania notes in 1729, [6] took on a partner (David Hall) in 1749, [7] and then left the currency printing business after the 1764 issue. [8] Paul Revere both engraved and printed bank notes [ 9 ] [ 10 ] for the Province and then the state of Massachusetts between 1775 and 1779, [ 11 ] and the ...
The Continental Currency dollar coin (also known as Continental dollar coin, Fugio dollar, or Franklin dollar) was the first pattern coin struck for the United States. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The coins, which were designed by Benjamin Franklin , were minted in 1776 and examples were made on pewter , brass , and silver planchets .
When Michael Douglas was invited to play Benjamin Franklin in Apple TV+’s “Franklin,” he immediately took out a $100 bill. “I looked at Ben and thought, ‘I’ve got a long ways to go ...
[6] Exceptions were made for Alexander Hamilton, Salmon Chase, and Benjamin Franklin. There have been no changes in the people depicted on currency intended for the general public since 1928; when Woodrow Wilson was depicted on the 1934 $100,000 gold certificate, the note was only for internal Treasury and Federal Reserve Bank use.