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Fifty dollar bills are delivered by Federal Reserve Banks in brown straps.

1 Pre-Federal Reserve history

• 1862: A United States $50 note with a portrait of Alexander Hamilton on the left of the face
• 1869: A new $50 note with a portrait of Henry Clay on the right of the face
• 1874: A new $50 note with portraits of Benjamin Franklin on the left and Lady Liberty on the right of the face
• 1878Events January Cleopatra's Needle arrives in London January 9 Humbert I becomes King of Italy January 23 Disraeli orders British fleet to Dardanelles January 28 The Yale News becomes the first daily, college newspaper in the United States. January 31 Turk: A silver certificate $50 note with a portrait of Edward EverettEdward Everett ( April 11, 1794 January 15, 1865) was a Whig Party politician from Massachusetts. Born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, he graduated from Harvard University in 1811, studied theology and was ordained pastor of the Brattle Street Unitarian Chu on the face
• 1882Events February 2 The Knights of Columbus are formed in New Haven, Connecticut February 7 In Mississippi City the last heavyweight boxing championship bareknuckle fight takes place. March 2 Robert Maclean fails to assassinate Queen Victoria at Windsor Mar: A gold certificate $50 note with a portrait of Thomas H. BentonThomas Hart Benton ( March 14, 1782 April 10, 1858), nicknamed Old Bullion was an American Senator from Missouri and a staunch advocate of westward expansion of the United States. He served in the Senate from 1821 to 1851, becoming the first member of tha on the face
• 19131913 is a common year starting on Wednesday. click on link for calendar) Events January-March January 30 House of Lords rejects Irish Home Rule Bill February 1 New York City's Grand Central Station opens as the world's largest train station. February 3 Th: A new gold certificate $50 note with a portrait of Ulysses Grant on the face

2 Federal Reserve history

• 1918: The first Federal Reserve $50 note is printed; a large-sized note with a portrait of Ulysses Grant on the face
• 1928: To lower manufacturing costs, the first $50 small-sized Federal Reserve note is 30% smaller than the large-sized notes of prior years. Its design is also standardized with the other denominations.
• 1963: The motto In God We Trust is added.
• 1991: A security thread and microprinting are added.
• 1997: A major new design is introduced to further deter counterfeits. It includes an enlarged and off-center portrait, an enlarged and updated view of the U.S. Capitol on the back, a security thread which glows yellow under ultraviolet light, a numeric "50" which shifts color from black to green when tilted, and a watermark. For those with vision limitations, it includes a large dark "50" on a light background on the reverse of the note.
• 2004: A new design is introduced, with the first use of multiple colors since 1905. Behind the portrait of Ulysses Grant appears a subtle stylized blue and red background image of the flag. A small metallic silver-blue star is to the lower right of the portrait. It still includes a security thread, and a color-shifting numeric "50", though it now shifts from copper to green. The new design retains the enlarged portrait of Grant, though the oval borders surrounding both the portrait on the obverse and the Capitol on the reverse have been removed. The new design also seems to have the " EURion constellation" on the back.