50 dollar Bill - a New Face Lift


by Frederic Madore - Date: 2007-02-15 - Word Count: 448 Share This!

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Like most of us you are probably used to see diverse dollar bill denominations. You probably have many on you every day. You probably have 50 dollar bills, 100 dollar bills even 1 dollar bills. You probably use those bills every day to buy the goods that you want or need. But did you ever took the time to look closely a those various bills? One of the bills you should take the time to look at is the 50 dollar bill.

Recently the 50 dollar bill also referred to as "Grant" as been revised and given a face lift. This was done to prevent the counterfeiters to make their own version of the 50 dollar bill. So many features were added to the bill to help fight against fake money. But the old 50 dollar bill still remains in circulation so that people will not complain.

Here are some of the changes that were added to the 50 dollar bill:

- Stylized image in red and blue of the American flag

- The President of the United States picture is now placed a little off center

- In the lower right side of the President Grant's picture there is silver blue star that as been added.

- The reverse side of the 50 dollar bill you can see an image of the capitol building surrounded by a cloud of small gold stars

As I wrote earlier, those security features were added to answer back at people who likes to print out fake money, those features will make their job much harder if they try to duplicate the new 50 dollar bill. Another feature added to the bill is the number 50 has been given a copper-to-green color changing ability. They did this to help store vendors differentiate a actual 50 dollar bill from a fake one.

The first 50 dollar bill was printed in 1861 along with currency of other denominations. Since then there as been many changes to the 50 dollar bill. Over time its size changed to be smaller. The 50 dollar bill you see nowadays is about 6.14 inches by 2.16 inches a lot smaller than it was back in 1861. But that's probably a good thing as you would have a very hard time fitting them in your wallet of today.

Finally, I'd like to thank you for reading this article and I hope it was helpful information.

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