The Hidden Message on Ben Franklin’s Fugio Cent

The first coin in circulation in the newly formed United States was the copper Fugio cent. It was designed by Benjamin Franklin, and sometimes referred to as the 'Franklin cent.'

In his design of the Fugio cent, Benjamin Franklin included early American ideals that he himself held as an influential American statesman, diplomat, scientist, inventor, writer, publisher, and political scientist. Liudacorolewa/Shutterstock

Perhaps the United States wouldn’t have become so politicized had we all followed a good piece of advice from Benjamin Franklin.