2006 Benjamin Franklin, Scientist, Silver Dollar, Uncirculated

Own a U.S. Silver Dollar Honoring Benjamin Franklin’s Scientific Work
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This coin was minted in 2006 to celebrate Benjamin Franklin’s 300th birthday.  The 90% silver coin depicts Franklin as a young man flying a kite, as he did in his lightning experiments.  The back of the coin shows his famous “Join or Die” political cartoon.  Franklin used image of the cut-up snake to promote colonial unity as a life or death situation.  Surcharges from the sale of this coin went to the Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary Commission.

Self-educated, Franklin was interested in a wide variety of subjects. His experiment while flying a kite during a thunderstorm proved that lightning is electricity. Some of his practical inventions are still in use, like the lightning rod and bifocal eyeglasses.

You’ll want this coin, and all the history it represents in your collection – send for yours now. 

See other coins from this US Mint set below:

2006 Benjamin Franklin, Founding Father, Silver Dollar, Uncirculated

2006 Benjamin Franklin, Founding Father, Silver Dollar, Proof

2006 Benjamin Franklin, Scientist, Silver Dollar, Proof