Coin Collector Guide » Benjamin Franklin http://www.coincollectorguide.com Information about coin collecting and precious metals Tue, 15 Jun 2010 19:30:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 US Commemorative Coins 2006 http://www.coincollectorguide.com/us-commemorative-coins-2006/ http://www.coincollectorguide.com/us-commemorative-coins-2006/#comments Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:04:53 +0000 CoinCollector http://www.coincollectorguide.com/?p=200 One of this country’s greatest scientists and philosophers was Benjamin Franklin. He was a strong force leading the American Revolution and invented many things. The United States mint commemorated him with two silver dollar coins issued in 2006, honoring the 300th anniversary of his birth. One coin shows him for the scientist that he was, while the other honors his place as an instrumental leader in our country’s independence.

The first coin shows an engraving of Franklin with his kite experimenting with electricity on the obverse, while the reverse has the “Join or Die” cartoon that Franklin published in the Pennsylvania Gazette May 9, 1754. (250,000 minted)

The second coin shows a simple portrait of him on the obverse, while the reverse has the designs…

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