Talk:U.S. fifty-dollar bill
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The pages on the Internet that talk about the new $20 bill that went out in 2003 all say that the $50 bill will go out in 2004. However, 2004 is now just about 3 months over. It was in May 2003 when the new $20 bill got its new appearence mentioned on the Internet. So, sometime within the next 2 months, the $50 bill should get its new appearence.
Bill nicknames
At the pages for the $5 bill, $10 bill, $20 bill, and $100 bill, there are some old-fashioned names for the bills that date to the days of the large-sized notes, prior to 1928. However, the $50 bill doesn't mention a name like this. Do you know what it is?? If so, please put it in the following table:
Denomination Portrait Nickname $5 Abraham Lincoln Fin $10 Andrew Jackson Sawbuck $20 Grover Cleveland Double sawbuck $50 Ulysses Grant ? $100 Benjamin Franklin C-note
Please note that the portraits mentioned in the portrait column are those that were on the large sized notes that were printed when the nicknames were common, not necessarily the same as those on the small-sized notes of today. 66.32.89.215 17:13, 10 Apr 2004 (UTC)
- My copy of "The Slang of Sin" by Tom Dalzell lists "half C," "half century," and "half yard" as nicknames for a $50 bill. I've never heard them before so I can't say how common they are/were.
- And for the record the nicknames were still used for decades after the small notes were introduced. Read up on your Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett. :) Andrewlevine 18:01, 10 Apr 2004 (UTC)
The new $50 bill
On April 26, 2004, the new $50 bill will be revealed according to a Google search. Sometime between April 26 and May 3, can you put up a picture of the new $50 bill on the Wikipedia article?? 66.32.138.124 01:30, 24 Apr 2004 (UTC)
The Liberty Bill
- The "liberty bill" (http://web.archive.org/web/20030625201259/http://www.hanover.k12.va.us/lms/Liberty+Bill/libbill.htm) a further comment on this idea (http://www.dwheeler.com/essays/liberty-bill2.html)
This is an idea that got some attention recently. Does it belong in the encyclopedia? Does it belong here? Mr. Jones 17:20, 29 Apr 2004 (UTC)
On the page for William Seward (Secratary of State, 1861-69) it says that his face is on the 1891 series fifty-dollar bill. Is this true? If so, it should probably be on this page...
