Khachatur Manykyan (2024)
Multi-Media Summary
Benjamin Franklin fought against money counterfeiting in pre-Federal America by inventing new printing methods and production measures. A comprehensive scientific analysis of six hundred paper money notes printed from 1709 to 1790 provides a unique perspective into Franklin's ingenious ways for safeguarding bills, their materials, and historical instances of money manufacturing. This work also sheds light on Franklin's role as an inventor in this little-discussed aspect of the pre-Federal American fiscal enterprise. Speaker: Khachatur Manykyan.
