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FR 480  "Franklin Discovering Electricity" $10 Brown Back CGC 67PQ

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US FR 480 $10 1882 FINEST KNOWN (BY ALL GRADING CO'S)  CGC 67PQ!  "FROM CU RUN!!!"  NATIONAL BROWN BACK DRAWN OFF OF "BANK OF COMMERCE, NEW YORK."  SIGNED BY  J.P. MORGAN CHARTER #733.  FEATURING BEN FRANKLIN (WITH HIS SON WILLIAM) FLYING KITE "DISCOVERING ELECTRICITY."   THERE'S A SMALL CU RUN OF THESE, BUT I MUST SAY, THIS IS THE NICEST I'VE EVER SEEN IN ALMOST 20 YEARS OF HANDLING THESE NOTES!!!  THE PAPER IS VERY BRIGHT WHITE AND THE INKS ARE JET BLACK!  ADD TO THAT, THE INCREDIBLE CENTERING (ON THE EDGE OF A 68PQ!) / MARGINS AND RAZOR SHARP CORNERS, NOT TO MENTION THE INCREDIBLY BOLD SIGNATURES AND YOU HAVE A WORLD CLASS TROPHY NOTE!!!  RARE OPPORTUNITY!

FRANKLIN'S EXPERIMENTS WITH ELECTRICITY LED TO THE INVENTION OF THE LIGHTNING ROD. HE REALIZED IF THE CONDUCTORS ARE SHARP RATHER THAN SMOOTH POINT, THE ELECTRICITY CAN BE DISCHARGED SILENTLY AND A GREAT DISTANCES.  THIS DISCOVERY ENDED UP PREVENTING LIGHTING STRIKES ON BUILDINGS  BY ATTACHING "UPRIGHT RODS OF IRON, MADE SHARP AS A NEEDLE AND GILT TO PREVENT RUSTING." AFTER A SERIES OF EXPERIMENTS OF FRANKLIN'S OWN HOUSE, LIGHTING RODS WERE INSTALLED ON THE ACADEMY OF PHILADELPHIA (LATER THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA).