Numismatics Channel's video: 50 US Dollars Banknote Fifty Dollars USA: 1996 Obverse Reverse

50 US Dollars Banknote (Fifty Dollars USA: 1996) Obverse & Reverse. United States fifty-dollar bill United States Banknotes: Pick-502 Obverse: Ulysses S. Grant Reverse: U.S. Capitol Color: Green-Black United States Currency - Value $50 Issued by: Federal Reserve Bank - Federal Reserve Note Issued: 1996 Security Features: Micro-printing, Watermark, Optically Variable Ink, Security Thread, Security Fibers, EURion Constellation Symbol: $ - USD - US$ Width: 156 mm Height: 66.3 mm Weight: Approximately 1 g Paper type: 75% cotton and 25% linen Design date of series: October 27, 1997 Notes: This $50 bill from 1996 is significantly off centered and is showing significantly larger amount of white along the top and right border then usual. ---------------------------------- In 1997: Major design changes were implemented under Series 1996 to further deter counterfeiters. Included were an enlarged and off-center portrait, an enlarged and updated view of the U.S. Capitol now showing the west front on the reverse, a security thread which glows yellow under ultraviolet light, a numeric 50 which shifts color from black to green when tilted, and a watermark of Grant. Also, for those with vision limitations, a large dark 50 was added to the bottom left corner of the reverse. The Federal Reserve seal was also changed to a unified Federal Reserve System seal and an additional prefix letter was added to the beginning of the bill's serial number. The first bills were printed in July 1997.