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credit -- United States Mint - Thur., Jan. 15, 2004 - Henrietta Holsman Fore
Remarks Delivered By The Honorable Henrietta Holsman Fore, United States Mint Director January 15, 2004
"Dr. Franklin is the only founding father and American patriot to have signed The Declaration of Independence, The Treaty of Paris, and the document that lay as the bedrock of our national democracy, the United States Constitution. He strongly believed America's coinage should be educational..."
 
credit -- Daily News - Wed, Jan. 14, 2004 - Dan Geringer
Making cents of Ben's 300th January 14, 2004
The Franklin 300 is NOT a stock-car race in which all the drivers wear powdered wigs and spout wise sayings... No. It's B. Franklin's Phila-centric 300th birthday party, which will be celebrated worldwide in 2006, but sneak-previewed tomorrow... with a high-risk penny toss.
 
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