1874 $50 Bill Value

Value of Fifty Dollar Legal Tender Bill From Series of 1874

Year:  1874 Type:  Legal Tender / United States Note Denomination:  Fifty Dollar Bill
Value:  The value of fifty dollar bills from 1874 is based on their condition and serial number
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Description:  1874 $50 bills are rare and collectible.  These are one year one signature combination issues.  Based on serial numbers, it appears that somewhere around 450,000 of these notes were printed.  Today only about 55 of these notes are known to exist.

1874 $50 legal tender notes are the first year the familiar Benjamin Franklin and the Lady Liberty design was used.

Variations:  All 1874 $50 bills are signed by Allison and Spinner

Inscriptions:  Act of March 3rd 1863  –  Engraved & Printed at the Bureau Engraving & Printing  –  Patented July 24th 1866  –  G.W. Casilear’s Patent Nov. 24 1868   –  Register Of The Treasury  –  Treasurer Of The United States  –  This Note Is A Legal Tender For Fifty Dollars  –  Series of 1874  –  The United States Will Pay The Bearer Fifty Dollars Washington D.C.  –  United States Note  –  Amer Septent Sigil Thesaur  –  Columbian Bank Note Company Washington D.C.  –  United States of America  –  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 impression of it, or any paper made in imitation of the paper on which it is printed is felony, and is punishable by $5,000 fine, or Fifteen (15) years imprisonment at hard labor or both.