US researchers decipher secrets behind Benjamin Franklin’s paper money

Not only Poor Richard’s Almanack and Pennsylvania Gazette – American founding father Benjamin Franklin also worked to prevent the counterfeiting of Colonial bills.

Prof. Khachatur Manukyan and his team employed cutting-edge spectroscopic and imaging instruments to get a closer look than ever at the inks, paper and fibers that made Benjamin Franklin’s bills distinctive and hard to replicate.

(photo credit: UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME)

ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

JULY 18, 2023 16:19

Updated: JULY 18, 2023 16:45

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