I am sure that at one point or another you have looked at the various dollar bills that you have with you. One such dollar bill that you might want to look at is the 50 dollar bill. While there are many security features that have been added there is much of the old 50 dollar bill present so that people will not complain.
In this issue of the 50 dollar bill there is a stylized image in red and blue of the American flag. Just off the lower right side of President Grant’s portrait there is a silver blue star that has been added to the 50 dollar bill. These types of new design features will allow the various security people and store vendors see if they are be given a genuine 50 dollar bill or if they have a reproduction on their hands.
The very first 50 dollar bills appeared in 1861 along with currency of other denominations. Then again, the larger notes of yesteryear would definitely have a hard time fitting into the wallets and pocketbooks of today. What they probably wouldn’t even think about doing though is to pay for any goods with 1000 dollar bills.
Yes, you did read the amount correctly. The dollar bill that we are talking about is a thousand dollar bill and it is a genuine United States government issued dollar bill. For the 1000 dollar bills Grover Cleveland is shown on the face of the bills.
From various history books about cleaning coins and numismatics you can learn more facts behind the story of the 1000 dollar bills. For this reason you will mainly see these 1000 dollar bills being kept in museums and a few in Las Vegas where it is part of the history tour. As the 1000 dollar bills are no longer being issued you can see how this dollar bill looks by researching the matter on the internet.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Making Free 50 Dollar Bills
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