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Fifty-dollar bills have the second-lowest circulation after the $2 bill. A guide that accompanied the Old Money Prices blog offered values on $50 bills from 1862 to 1923.
Of all the bills that are valuable and still in somewhat feasible circulation, the 1950 $100 is the most commonly used bill today. It’s rare in that it features a detailed portrait of Benjamin ...
The U.S. Dollar has numerous discontinued denominations, particularly high denomination bills, issued before and in 1934 in six denominations ranging from $500 to $100,000. Although still legal tender, most are in the hands of collectors and museums.
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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As of May 30, 2009, only 336 $10,000 bills were known to exist, along with 342 $5,000 bills, 165,372 $1,000 bills and fewer than 75,000 $500 bills (of over 900,000 printed). [12] [13] Due to their rarity, collectors pay considerably more than the face value of the bills to acquire them, and some are in museums in other parts of the world.
As with many collectibles, the values of $50 bills are all over the map — from face value to $20,000 and more. If you have an old $50 bill lying around, pay close attention to its year, color ...
The U.S. government decided to substitute paper currency of denominations under a dollar for coins in order to solve the problem. The denominations issued were 3¢, 5¢, 10¢, 15¢, 25¢ and 50¢. There were five issues of fractional currency.