Ben Franklin and printing paper money
James Montalbano
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Interesting NYT article about Ben Franklin's experiments in printing paper money
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/17/science/benjamin-franklin-counterfeit-currency.html?unlocked_article_code=R-5a1ICEFySCsx__bfmsOc2ILoOYAsO1XN_voRtadUxaMzFJjVGYBPTHFdjH6um-MVLtEwOFkJpORpjjcpOriqb74ddNsDAlRhfAOEp2yG35fcY6wWn5gJ3RtJNHN1UD1E4F36eK66vwtfWn2KyYoyLlHvlF3cyNR3JycWlEdNe6Xcrd3iR_LM23DF2X4_GUyspt8GK4S0_WVl2_AOGi2z9e8thN09Io0rQJlMeLjBqmvDDh7X8JT-M7_TnnQqO8CVn9QgeMbktSyJJ7fd3RNbfIc1INVXiZEiyFbHu8p9kerzDbfREcf0tCvlHw_4SzMNT7AwLyW0Yb-9TFRs41_kspdjp6fwT1nyX2nZdX&smid=url-share
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/17/science/benjamin-franklin-counterfeit-currency.html?unlocked_article_code=R-5a1ICEFySCsx__bfmsOc2ILoOYAsO1XN_voRtadUxaMzFJjVGYBPTHFdjH6um-MVLtEwOFkJpORpjjcpOriqb74ddNsDAlRhfAOEp2yG35fcY6wWn5gJ3RtJNHN1UD1E4F36eK66vwtfWn2KyYoyLlHvlF3cyNR3JycWlEdNe6Xcrd3iR_LM23DF2X4_GUyspt8GK4S0_WVl2_AOGi2z9e8thN09Io0rQJlMeLjBqmvDDh7X8JT-M7_TnnQqO8CVn9QgeMbktSyJJ7fd3RNbfIc1INVXiZEiyFbHu8p9kerzDbfREcf0tCvlHw_4SzMNT7AwLyW0Yb-9TFRs41_kspdjp6fwT1nyX2nZdX&smid=url-share
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See also @Tobias FrereJones talk from 2015, "In Letters We Trust" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfbC_r76V1o
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