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The $50 note features security features like a security thread, watermark, and color-shifting ink. It has a portrait of President Grant on the front and a vignette of the US Capitol on the back. Additional design features provide security and help those with visual impairments identify the note's value.
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The $50 note features security features like a security thread, watermark, and color-shifting ink. It has a portrait of President Grant on the front and a vignette of the US Capitol on the back. Additional design features provide security and help those with visual impairments identify the note's value.
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$50 Note
Issued 2004 - Present
All U.S. currency remains legal tender, regardless of when it was issued.
Key Security Features
Security Thread
Hold the note to light to see an embedded thread
running vertically to the right of the portrait. The
thread is imprinted with the text USA 50 and a
small flag in an alternating pattern and is visible
from both sides of the note. The thread glows
yellow when illuminated by ultraviolet light.
Watermark
Hold the note to light and look for a
faint image of President Grant in the
blank space to the right of the
portrait. The image is visible from
both sides of the note.
Color-Shifting Ink
Tilt the note to see the numeral 50
in the lower right corner on the front
of the note shift from copper to
green.
Additional Design and Security Features
Federal Reserve System Seal
A black seal to the left of the portrait
represents the entire Federal Reserve
System. A letter and number beneath
the left serial number identifies the
distributing Federal Reserve Bank.
Microprinting
Look carefully (magnification may be
necessary) to see the small printed
text FIFTY, USA, and 50 inside two of
the blue stars to the left of the portrait,
FIFTY repeated within both side
borders of the note, and THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA in President
Grants collar.
Raised Printing
Portrait and Vignette
Move your finger along the notes
surface to feel the raised printing,
which gives genuine Federal Reserve
notes their distinctive texture.
The $50 note features a portrait of
President Grant on the front of the
note and a vignette of the United
States Capitol on the back of the note.
Paper
Symbols of Freedom
Federal Reserve note paper is
one-fourth linen and three-fourths
cotton, and contains red and blue
security fibers.
Color
The note includes subtle background
colors of blue and red to both sides of
the note.
For more information about U.S. currency visit www.uscurrency.gov
Representative of the United States
flag, a field of blue stars is located to
the left of the portrait, while three red
stripes are located to the right of the
portrait. A small metallic silver-blue
star is located on the lower right side
of the portrait.
Green 50
A large green numeral 50 on the back
of the note helps those with visual
impairments distinguish the
denomination.
Treasury Seal
A green seal to the right of the portrait
represents the U.S. Department of the
Treasury.
Serial Numbers
A unique combination of eleven
numbers and letters appears twice on
the front of the note.
Series Year
The design includes series years
2004, 2004A, 2006, 2009, and 2013.
