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-ITZKOVICHUpdated:
