50 Dollars, Legal Tender Note, United States, 1874
date: label: date made
content: 1874
name: label: depicted
content: Franklin, Benjamin
label: maker
content: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 50 dollar note
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1874
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: On the left, a portrait of Benjamin Franklin. On the right, Liberty dressed as Columbia.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: FIFTY DOLLARS / 50 / L / E420462 / 3B / B / SERIES OF 1874. / THE UNITED STATES WILL PAY TO THE BEARER FIFTY DOLLARS / WASHINGTON, D.C. / TREASURER OF THE U.S. / REGISTER OF THE TREASY. / ENGRAVED & PRINTED AT THE BUREAU, ENGRAVING & PRINTING / ACT OF MARCH 3RD 1863 / THIS NOTE IS A LEGAL TENDER FOR FIFTY DOLLARS / BENJAMIN FRANKLIN / THESAUR / AMER / SEPTENT / SIGIL
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Geometric patterns.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. / 50 / L / THIS NOTE IS A LEGAL TENDER AT ITS FACE VALUE FOR ALL DEBTS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE EXCEPT DUTIES ON IMPORTS AND INTEREST ON PUBLIC DEBT. / COUNTERFEITING OR ALTERING THIS NOTE OR PASSING ANY COUNTERFEIT OR ALTERATION OF IT, OR HAVING IN POSSESSION ANY FALSE OR COUNTERFEIT PLATE OR IMPRESSION OF IT OR ANY PAPER MADE IN IMITATION OF THE PAPER ON WHICH IT IS PRINTED IS FELONY, AND IS PUNISHABLE BY $5,000 FINE, OR 15 YEARS IMPRISONMENT AT HARD LABOR OR BOTH. / COLUMBIAN BANK NOTE CO. / WASHINGTON, D.C. / PATENTED JULY 24, 1866.
label: Description
content: Political ideals and values, such as liberty and justice, have often been depicted on American money as allegorical figures. A strong Liberty appears on the right side of the fifty dollar note from 1874 with her sword and shield.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: Associated Place
content: United States
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: Legal Tender Notes
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: U. S. Department of the Treasury
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.78.5.200
label: catalog number
content: 78.5.200
label: accession number
content: 1978.0941
label: serial number
content: E420462
objectType: label: Object Name
content: note
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 cm x 18.8 cm x .01 cm; 3 5/32 in x 7 13/32 in x in