Here comes big Ben: the next two years promise to be (pardon the expression) electric for collectors of Benjamin Franklin.(collecting Franklin-related art and artifacts)

From: Antiques Roadshow Insider | Date: January 1, 2006| Author: Smith, Michael | Copyright information

The face on a $100 bill is ... different from those on our other denominations. It is nothing like the mild impenetrability of Washington, the gaunt stoicism of Lincoln, the heroic taciturnity of Jackson or Grant. This face is cherubic. The eyes look back at you curiously. And that smile, Benjamin Franklin's familiar smile, is just a little mischievous--like an elderly male version of the Mona Lisa.

The resemblance is a weirdly appropriate one. He's like our own Leonard...

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