50 Dollars, Legal Tender Note, United States, 1880
date: label: date made
content: 1880
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, 1880
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Portrait of Benjamin Franklin on left of note. On the right, Liberty dressed as Columbia.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: FIFTY DOLLARS / THE UNTED STATES WILL PAY TO BEARER FIFTY DOLLARS / SERIES OF 1880. / WASHINGTON, D.C. / THIS NOTE IS A LEGAL TENDER FOR FIFTY DOLLARS / REGISTER OF THE TREASURY / TREASURER OF THE UNITED STATES / UNITED STATES NOTE / ENGRAVED & PRINTED AT THE BUREAU, ENGRAVING & PRINTING / C / E PLURIBUS UNUM / BENJAMIN FRANKLIN / ACT OF MARCH 3RD 1863 / A385343
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Geometric designs in green ink.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / 50 / THIS NOTE IS A LEGAL TENDER AT ITS FACE VALUE FOR ALL DEBTS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE EXCEPT DUTIES ON IMPORTS AND INTEREST ON THE 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 IMPRESS-ION OF IT, OR ANY PAPER MADE IN IMITATION OF THE PAPER ON WHICH IT IS PRINTED IS FELONY AND IS PUNISHABLE BY $5000 FINE OR 15 YEARS IMPRISONMENT AT HARD LABOR OR BOTH. / BUREAU, ENGRAVING & PRINTING. / WASHINGTON, D.C. / SERIES OF 1880. / 50 / US
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 1880 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.78.5.203
label: accession number
content: 1978.0941
label: catalog number
content: 78.5.203
label: serial number
content: A385343
objectType: label: Object Name
content: note
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7.8 cm x 8.95 cm x .01 cm; 3 1/16 in x 3 17/32 in x in