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Show RARE FRANKLIN PENNY PICKED UP ON HOMESTEAD DmVEK. .'I. Nov. I. A Franklin penny, th( fli copper coin to be au- 1 thorlzed b congress, has been found H on the homestead uf one of tho first settlers here. It was struck in ITS" and Is one of a fow thai coined. I I The penny took Its name froin Ben- 1 1 In mln Franklin because of tho inclu- 1 llm the your business,'' after n rl him that coins should serve purposes H other than those of legal tetiuer. jL! un one side 13 circles appear linked tf together, a small circle in the middles With the word "United States" around Oh the other side is a dial with the hours Indicated, a meridian sun above on one side of which Is the word. " Fuglo" and on the other the date, "1787." Id low t v dial appears the Franklin phrase "Mind your own tiusl-Hess.' |