50 Dollars
Fr. 152-164
Legal Tender Issues
- Front detail
- Bust of Bejamin Franklin, 1706-1790, statesman, printer and scientist, and one of the drafters of the Declaration of Independence. Engraved by Charles Burt from the Duplessis portrait. At the right, Liberty dressed as Columbia.
- Series
- Large Size Notes; Legal Tender Issues; 1878 Series; Act of March 3, 1863; 1863
- Variant name
- 50 Dollars
- Subtype
- United States Note
- Friedberg catalog
- Fr. 154
- Numa catalog
- N-24.154
- Pick catalog
- P-170
- Denomination
- 50 Dollars
- Year
- 1878
- Size
- 188.0 mm x 80.0 mm
- Watermark
- Charles Burt
- Serial number color
- Black
- Printing press
- Columbian Bank Note Co
- Signature
- Allison and Gilfillan
- Signatories title
- Government Signatures
- Signature type
- Register of the Treasury, Treasurer of the United States
- Design remarks
- a. A large red "L" is at both right and left center of note
- Designer
- a. A large red "L" is at both right and left center of note
- Seal
- Small Red with rays, Red
- Note series year
- 1878
Variants
| Fr. # | Series | Numa catalog | Pick catalog | Year | Additional notes | Signature | Design remarks | Designer | Seal | Note series year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 154 | Large Size Notes; Legal Tender Issues; 1878 Series; Act of March 3, 1863; 1863 | N-24.154 | P-170 | 1878 | — | Allison and Gilfillan | a. A large red "L" is at both right and left center of note | a. A large red "L" is at both right and left center of note | Small Red with rays, Red | 1878 | Current |
| Other variants | |||||||||||
| 152 | Large Size Notes; Legal Tender Issues; 1874 Series; Act of March 3, 1863; 1863 | N-24.152 | P-155 | 1874 | Because of color, seal placement or embellshments, there are several distinct types of this design | Allison and Spinner | a. A large red "L" is at both right and left center of note | a. A large red "L" is at both right and left center of note | Small Red with rays, Red | 1874 | View |
| 153 | Large Size Notes; Legal Tender Issues; Series of 1875; Act of March 3, 1863; 1863 | N-24.153 | P-162 | 1875 | — | Allison and Wyman | a. A red "XX" at both right and left center of note | a. A red "XX" at both right and left center of note | Small Red with rays, Red | 1875 | View |
| 155 | Large Size Notes; Legal Tender Issues; 1880 Series; Act of March 3, 1863; 1863 | N-24.155 | P-181.a.1 | 1880 | — | Bruce and Gilfillan | b. The two red "L's" are removed | b. The two red "L's" are removed | Large Brown, Brown | 1880 | View |
| 156 | Large Size Notes; Legal Tender Issues; 1880 Series; Act of March 3, 1863; 1863 | N-24.156 | P-181.a.2 | 1880 | — | Bruce and Wyman | b. The two red "L's" are removed | b. The two red "L's" are removed | Large Brown, Brown | 1880 | View |
| 157 | Large Size Notes; Legal Tender Issues; 1880 Series; Act of March 3, 1863; 1863 | N-24.157 | P-181.a.3 | 1880 | — | Rosecrans and Jordan | b. The two red "L's" are removed | b. The two red "L's" are removed | Large Red, plain, Red | 1880 | View |
| 158 | Large Size Notes; Legal Tender Issues; 1880 Series; Act of March 3, 1863; 1863 | N-24.158 | P-181.a.4 | 1880 | — | Rosecrans and Hyatt | b. The two red "L's" are removed | b. The two red "L's" are removed | Large Red, plain, Red | 1880 | View |
| 159 | Large Size Notes; Legal Tender Issues; 1880 Series; Act of March 3, 1863; 1863 | N-24.159 | P-181.a.5 | 1880 | — | Rosecrans and Hyatt | b. The two red "L's" are removed | b. The two red "L's" are removed | Large Red, spiked, Red | 1880 | View |
| 160 | Large Size Notes; Legal Tender Issues; 1880 Series; Act of March 3, 1863; 1863 | N-24.160 | P-181.a.6 | 1880 | — | Rosecrans and Huston | b. The two red "L's" are removed | b. The two red "L's" are removed | Large Red, spiked, Red | 1880 | View |
| 161 | Large Size Notes; Legal Tender Issues; 1880 Series; Act of March 3, 1863; 1863 | N-24.161 | P-181.a.7 | 1880 | — | Rosecrans and Huston | b. The two red "L's" are removed | b. The two red "L's" are removed | Large Brown, Brown | 1880 | View |
| 162 | Large Size Notes; Legal Tender Issues; 1880 Series; Act of March 3, 1863; 1863 | N-24.162 | P-181.a.8 | 1880 | — | Tillman and Morgan | b. The two red "L's" are removed | b. The two red "L's" are removed | Small Red, scalloped, Red | 1880 | View |
| 163 | Large Size Notes; Legal Tender Issues; 1880 Series; Act of March 3, 1863; 1863 | N-24.163 | P-181.a.9 | 1880 | — | Bruce and Roberts | b. The two red "L's" are removed | b. The two red "L's" are removed | Small Red, scalloped, Red | 1880 | View |
| 164 | Large Size Notes; Legal Tender Issues; 1880 Series; Act of March 3, 1863; 1863 | N-24.164 | P-181.a.10 | 1880 | — | Lyons and Roberts | b. The two red "L's" are removed | b. The two red "L's" are removed | Small Red, scalloped, Red | 1880 | View |
