Benjamin Franklin Commemorative Coin: Benjamin Franklin and His Historic Printing Press

Benjamin Franklin Commemorative Coin: Benjamin Franklin and His Historic Printing Press (obverse)

Benjamin Franklin Commemorative Coin: Benjamin Franklin and His Historic Printing Press (reverse)

Benjamin Franklin Commemorative Coin: Benjamin Franklin and His Historic Printing Press (top of box)

Benjamin Franklin Commemorative Coin: Benjamin Franklin and His Historic Printing Press (box, base)

Benjamin Franklin Commemorative Coin: Benjamin Franklin and His Historic Printing Press

 

2026: Box #24 – Other Coins

Note (from insert):

Rising from humble beginnings, Benjamin became America’s world-class citizen.

Retiring from his printing business at 42, he devoted his remaining 42 years to civic improvements, scientific investigations, statesmanship and international diplomacy.

In Philadelphia, Franklin improved living conditions by helping to establish the first hospital, the first circulating library, a fire insurance company, a volunteer fire company, and an adult self-improvement club. He designed improved street lamps, fireplace stoves, and lightning rods. He even invented a musical instrument, the “glass armonica.”

Franklin signed the key documents of the American Revolution. He helped write the Declaration of Independence, and his sage advice enabled his fellow delegates to the Constitutional Convention work out their differences to produce the lasting framework of American government.

In England, he represented the interests of the colonies, and then he successfully secured crucial French aid in the American War for Independence.

His electricity investigations earned him election into illustrious scientific and philosophic societies as well as honorary degrees from renowned universities. Thereafter, he was called Doctor Franklin. This was for someone who had had only a second grade education!

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Specifications & Features

·         Issuer: An exclusive product of The Charleston Mint, Brevard, North Carolina

·         Type: Non-circulating coin

·         Subject: Benjamin Franklin and his historic printing press

·         Composition: Solid bronze (often with a gold-tone or brilliant uncirculated finish depending on the specific commemorative tier/release)

·         Condition: Gem Uncirculated (UNC) for typical secondary-market collector finds

·         Packaging: Frequently sold with a protective display case, sleeve, or box alongside a Certificate of Authenticity (COA)

·         Obverse: Bust of Benjamin Franklin

·         Lettering: Printer * Inventor * Founding Father * Benjamin Franklin * 1706-1790

·         Reverse: Printing Press with Benjamin Franklin signature

·         Lettering: PHILADELPHIA, PA

 

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Benjamin Franklin Commemorative Coin: Benjamin Franklin and His Historic Printing Press