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50 Dollars Federal Reserve Note, small portrait, no motto
| Issuer | Federal Reserve System |
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| Year | 1950 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | Intaglio vignette of the United States Capitol building rendered in green, presented in a wide landscape view with grounds, flanking wings, and the dome in full detail against an open sky. The denomination numeral 50 appears in each corner within ornate lathe-work cartouches, and a scalloped guilloche border frames the entire composition. The title inscription arches across the upper portion of the note above the vignette. |
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| Variants | P#441a - series 1950A (A-H & J-L) signatures: Priest & Humphrey P#441b - series 1950B (A-E, G, H & J-L) signatures: Priest & Anderson P#441cr - series 1950C (A-E & G-L) signatures: Smith & Dillon Replacement note with serial # suffix * P#441d - series 1950D(A-L) signatures: Granahan & Dillon P#441e - series 1950E (B, G & L) signatures: Granahan & Fowler |
| Comments |
The 1950 series $50 note belongs to a transitional moment in Federal Reserve note design — the small portrait format had been introduced in 1928 and the "IN GOD WE TRUST" motto would not appear on paper currency until the 1957 $1 Silver Certificate, making its absence here a matter of timing rather than omission. The 1950 series ran through five subseries (A through E), spanning nearly two decades of issue and six different signature combinations across twelve Federal Reserve districts.
Star note replacement serials are documented for the 1950C series, with confirmed districts running A through E and G through L. The 1950E subseries is notably scarce, with confirmed star note production limited to districts B, G, and L.