50 US Dollars, Series NEXGEN

Image of the face

Image of the back

Issuing authority: Federal Reserve System
Year on the banknote: 2004, 2004A, 2006, 2009, 2013
In circulation since: 2004
Substrate:

Paper: has a blue and purple shade, localized watermark, polymer thread with text, red and blue fibers (amount of fibers increased 2-4 times compared to series 1996).

Dimensions: 156mm × 66mm
Face:

Portrait of U. Grant

Back:

US Capitol building

First prefix Series Signatures on the banknote Issuing banks
Treasurer Secretary
E 2004 Marin Snow A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L
G 2004A Cabral Snow A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L
I 2006 Cabral Paulson A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L
J 2009 Rios Geithner A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L
M 2013 Rios Lew A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L

Detected counterfeits

Date of detection Currency name Denomination Alphanumeric code
2012-11-01 US Dollar 50 ID 44915730 A, A4-A40-16, D8

Intaglio: face - black inks were used to print the portrait of U. Grant, guilloche frame with the face value, "THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA"; "THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER FOR ALL DEBTS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE"; signatures of the Treasurer (left) and Minister of Finance (right), spelled out face value; FRS district letters, plate position numbers; plate serial number with the letters "FW" (Fort Worth printing facility, TX, where the entire run of 2004 was printed); color inks were used to print Freedom symbol (silver and blue star) right of the portrait (metallic inks); OVI were used to print the face value in the lower right corner. Back: green inks were used to print the Capitol building, numerals and spelled out face value, guilloche frame with the face value and text "THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA", "IN GOD WE TRUST" (top).

Indirect letterpress: face - background pattern with a split duct effect (purple to yellow to purple), line image of the US flag (liberty symbol), blue stars (left of the portrait), and three red lines (right of the portrait); Back: background pattern with a split duct effect (purple to yellow to purple) and yellow "50" over the entire printed area within the frame.

Letterpress: face - black inks were used to print the Great seal, FRS district letter and number codes (left of the portrait); green inks were used to print the Treasury seal (right of the portrait) and serial numbers.

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1 Watermark

localized multi-tone portrait of U. Grant (identical to that of series 1996)

View under UV light

Face
Back

UV features: thread has yellow luminescence on both sides.


View under IR light

Face

Back

In paper: intaglio images on the back are printed with dark green metameric inks. Under IR light, two light vertical stripes appear to the left and right of the center (Borders of these stripes may shift 2-3 mm compared to the example; thin bright lines may appear)


Magnetic protection

Face

Magnetic security: main black intaglio image on the face has a ferromagnetic component. The ferromagnetic component has no local pattern.

$1:

Design and security complex did not undergo any changes in comparison with series 1963, 1969–1988, 1990–1995, 1999–2001, 2003, 2003A and 2006 (vide p. 41, 50, 59, 76, 77).

$2:

Design and security complex did not undergo any changes in comparison with series 1976 and 1995, 2003, 2003A (vide p. 51, 60, 78).

Distictive features of NexGen banknotes of series 2004, 2006, 2009, from series 1996–2006

On banknotes of NexGen series 2004, 2006, 2009 new security elements are used:

  • Dry offset – a method of printing combining elements of letterpress and offset printing was applied for producing the US currency notes of NexGen series 2004, 2006 and 2009. Split duct lithography technique (“iris printing”) was used for the series’ banknotes.
  • Multi-colored metallography and metallized ink were used for the first time.
  • Number of security fibers in paper in comparison with banknotes of series 1996 was increased by 2–4 times
Design and main security features of banknotes of series NexGen 2004, 2006 and 2009

New elements of design include the use of new colors: red, orange, yellow, blue, purple. The security complex of banknotes of NexGen series was improved due to the application of metallized ink and an increased number of security fibers in paper in comparison with the Federal Reserve Notes of 1996–2001 issues. The background (base) guilloche grid on new banknotes possesses elements of split duct lithography.

Dimension

156 x 66 mm

Dominating colors

They are individual for banknotes of each denomination (vide description in the chapter’s text).

Paper

Has a light-yellow shade, local watermark, a polymer security thread with a text and micro-images, security fibers of red and blue colors.

Methods of printing

Intaglio: face - Using black inks, they executed guilloche frames with the image of denomination; portrait; texts “THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA”; “THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER FOR ALL
DEBTS , PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ”, a facsimile of signatures of the Treasurer and the Secretary of the Department of the Treasury with the designations of their positions; a text designation of denominations (to the right of the portrait); control letters; numbers of quadrants; numbers of printing plates; years of series issue; letters “FW” (Fort Worth); conventionalized drawings are performed by colored metallic inks (at the bottom, to the right of the portrait); digits of denominations in the lower right corner are executed by optically variable ink (OVI). Back: Using green inks, they executed images of buildings, frames with digital images of denominations and the text: at the top “THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA”, “IN GOD WE TRUST ”; at the bottom a text designation of denomination, designation of the printing plate number of the back.

Dry Offset (a combination of elements of letterpress and offset printing): face - background (base) grid with elements of split duct lithography, images and texts (for each denomination individually); anti-scanning marks.

Letterpress: face - Using black ink they executed the seal of the Federal Reserve System, letters and numbers of Federal Reserve Banks (to the left of the portrait); Using green ink they executed the seal of the US Department of the Treasury (to the right of the portrait) and serial numbers.

Microprint

On banknotes of NexGen series micro-texts (vide further in the text a description of denominations security elements) are executed by both intaglio printing and offset printing.

Optically Variable Ink (OVI ink)

Digital designation of $10, $20, $50, $100 denomination in the right lower corner of banknotes face at changing angle of observation changes colors in the following sequence: brown-red – green – blue.

Magnetic security

Black ink of metallographic image of the face of NexGen banknotes contains a ferromagnetic component and due to this possesses magnetic properties. On banknotes of NexGen series 2004, 2006 and 2009 the distribution of ferromagnetic component does not have a local drawing.

IR security

Infrared security is the execution of images of the back by two metameric inks (of one color under ordinary lighting), one of them absorbs the IRrange emission, the other one – does not. As a result certain areas of images of the back turn out to be transparent. These areas form vertical stripes of various width (for each denomination individually).

Feature for visually impaired people

On the back of banknotes of $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100 denomination the denomination figures sizes were increased.

3D security stripe

On the $100 denomination banknote, depending on the tilting angle, the image of the bells changes to the figure “100”.

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