United States fifty-dollar bill

Fifty dollars
(United States)
Value $50
Width 156 mm
Height 66.3 mm
Weight Approx. 1 g
Security features Watermark, Security thread, EURion constellation, Color-shifting ink, Micro-printing
Paper type 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
1862 $50 Legal Tender note
1880 $50 Legal Tender, depicting Benjamin Franklin
1891 Silver Certificate
1914 Federal Reserve Note

The United States fifty-dollar bill ($50) is a denomination of United States currency. The 18th U.S. President (1869–77), 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.

As of December 2013, the average life of a $50 bill in circulation is 8.5 years, or approximately 102 months, before it is replaced due to wear.[1] Approximately 6% of all notes printed in 2009 were $50 bills.[2] They are delivered by Federal Reserve Banks in brown straps.

Large size note history

(approximately 7.4218 × 3.125 in ≅ 189 × 79 mm)

Small size note history

(6.14 × 2.61 in ≅ 156 × 66 mm)

Proposals to honor Reagan

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.[6]

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