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Current denomination of United States currency From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The United States fifty-dollar bill (US$50) is a denomination of United States currency. The 18th U.S. president (1869-1877), Ulysses S. Grant, is featured on the obverse, while the U.S. Capitol is featured on the reverse. All current-issue $50 bills are Federal Reserve Notes.
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(United States of America) | |
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Value | $50 |
Width | 156 mm |
Height | 66.3 mm |
Weight | Approx. 1.0[1] g |
Security features | Security fibers, watermark, security thread, color shifting ink, micro printing, raised printing, EURion constellation |
Material used | 75% cotton 25% linen |
Years of printing | 1861–present |
Obverse | |
Design | Ulysses S. Grant |
Design date | 2004 |
Reverse | |
Design | United States Capitol |
Design date | 2004 |
As of December 2018, the average life of a $50 bill in circulation is 12.2 years before it is replaced due to wear.[2] Approximately 3.5% of all notes printed in 2019 were $50 bills.[3] They are delivered by Federal Reserve Banks in beige straps. Next to the United States two-dollar bill, the fifty-dollar bill has the lowest circulation of any U.S. denomination measured by volume, with 1.8 billion notes in circulation as of December 31, 2019.[4]
(approximately 7.4218 × 3.125 in ≅ 189 × 79 mm)
(6.14 × 2.61 in ≅ 156 × 66 mm)
Type | Series | Register | Treasurer | Seal |
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National Bank Note Types 1 & 2 | 1929 | Jones | Woods | Brown |
Federal Reserve Bank Note | 1928A | Jones | Woods | Brown |
Type | Series | Treasurer | Secretary | Seal |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gold Certificate | 1928 | Woods | Mellon | Gold |
Federal Reserve Note | 1928 | Woods | Mellon | Green |
Federal Reserve Note | 1928A | Woods | Mellon | Green |
Federal Reserve Note | 1934 | Julian | Morgenthau | Green |
Federal Reserve Note | 1934A | Julian | Morgenthau | Green |
Federal Reserve Note | 1934B | Julian | Vinson | Green |
Federal Reserve Note | 1934C | Julian | Snyder | Green |
Federal Reserve Note | 1934D | Clark | Snyder | Green |
Federal Reserve Note | 1950 | Clark | Snyder | Green |
Federal Reserve Note | 1950A | Priest | Humphrey | Green |
Federal Reserve Note | 1950B | Priest | Anderson | Green |
Federal Reserve Note | 1950C | Smith | Dillon | Green |
Federal Reserve Note | 1950D | Granahan | Dillon | Green |
Federal Reserve Note | 1950E | Granahan | Fowler | Green |
Federal Reserve Note | 1963A | Granahan | Fowler | Green |
Federal Reserve Note | 1969 | Elston | Kennedy | Green |
Federal Reserve Note | 1969A | Kabis | Connally | Green |
Federal Reserve Note | 1969B | Bañuelos | Connally | Green |
Federal Reserve Note | 1969C | Bañuelos | Shultz | Green |
Federal Reserve Note | 1974 | Neff | Simon | Green |
Federal Reserve Note | 1977 | Morton | Blumenthal | Green |
Federal Reserve Note | 1981 | Buchanan | Regan | Green |
Federal Reserve Note | 1981A | Ortega | Regan | Green |
Federal Reserve Note | 1985 | Ortega | Baker | Green |
Federal Reserve Note | 1988 | Ortega | Brady | Green |
Federal Reserve Note | 1990 | Villalpando | Brady | Green |
Federal Reserve Note | 1993 | Withrow | Bentsen | Green |
Federal Reserve Note | 1996 | Withrow | Rubin | Green |
Federal Reserve Note | 2001 | Marin | O'Neill | Green |
Federal Reserve Note | 2004 | Marin | Snow | Green |
Federal Reserve Note | 2004A | Cabral | Snow | Green |
Federal Reserve Note | 2006 | Cabral | Paulson | Green |
Federal Reserve Note | 2009 | Rios | Geithner | Green |
Federal Reserve Note | 2013 | Rios | Lew | Green |
Federal Reserve Note | 2017A | Carranza | Mnuchin | Green |
In 2005, a proposal to put Ronald Reagan's portrait on the $50 bill was put forward, but never went beyond the House Financial Services Committee, even though Republicans controlled the House. In 2010, North Carolina Republican Patrick McHenry introduced another bill to put Reagan's portrait on the $50 bill.[8][needs update]
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