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Benjamin Franklin’s fight against counterfeiters shaped US dollar.

Eira Davis July 17, 2023 Offbeat

By DAVID HAMILTON | AP Business Writer

Mon, July 17th 2023, 10:51 PM UTC

A magnified photo provided by the Proceedings of the Natural Academy of Sciences shows a twenty shillings Pennsylvania note printed by Benjamin Franklin on August 10, 1739, featuring “nature printed” patterns of leaves that counterfeiters found difficult to duplicate. (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences via AP)

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