2006 Benjamin Franklin Coin and Chronicles Set in Original Government Packaging (OGP)

This set includes a Ben Franklin Scientist Uncirculated 90% Silver Dollar, which features on its obverse an image of a younger Franklin and recalls the groundbreaking success of his experiments into the nature of electricity in June of 1752. The reverse design reproduces Franklin's famous political cartoon, featuring a severed snake, and is meant to convey Franklin's belief that colonial unity was truly a matter of life and death, titled "Join, or Die." This coin was produced by the Department of the Treasury, United States Mint, to commemorate the tercentenary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin on January 17, 1706. Along with the Silver Dollar this chronicles set also includes 4 stamps and a replica of the 1758 edition of Poor Richard's Almanac. The chronicles set limit was 50,000 units.