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Break from the Grind April 3, 2012
TRIVIAL PURSUITS: What Message Was on the First American Penny?
Benjamin Franklin reportedly designed the first American penny in 1787.
Reported by PS
Known as the Fugio cent, it bears the image of a sun and sundial above the message “Mind Your Business.” A chain with 13 links, each representing one of the original colonies, encircles the motto “We Are One” on the reverse.
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