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50 Dollars Small-Size National Bank Note
| Issuer | United States National Banks |
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| Year | 1929 |
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| Printer | Bureau of Engraving and Printing |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of President Ulysses S. Grant in intaglio portrait at center, framed by fine guilloche underprint. The Register's and Treasurer's signatures of the United States appear above the portrait, while the issuing bank's Cashier's and President's signatures appear below. The Treasury Seal is printed at right. |
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| Reverse lettering | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FIFTY DOLLARS |
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The 1929 National Bank Note series marked the federal government's decision to standardize and ultimately phase out the entire national bank currency system. Before this issue, each bank had produced large-format notes with individualized designs; the 1929 reduction to a uniform small size was deliberate policy — it made national bank notes visually indistinguishable from Federal Reserve Notes, quietly preparing the public for the transition that would render the whole national bank currency program obsolete by 1935.
Each note bears the charter number of the issuing bank, printed twice on the face, and the bank's specific title — details that make this series extraordinarily collectible by state, city, or individual institution. Small towns with short-lived banks issued tiny quantities, and many charters are today known from fewer than a handful of survivors.