1780 United States 50 Dollar Note Value

The United States 50 Dollar Note is a collectible note from 1780, catalogued here from a documented example with its full design description and specifications. Value depends on condition, rarity and collector demand rather than metal content.

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1780 United States 50 Dollar Note specifications

Series
United States Paper Money
Denomination
United States 50 Dollar Note
Year
1780
Material
Paper

1780 United States 50 Dollar Note inscriptions & design

Obverse

DEATH TO COUNTERFEIT. / FIFTY DOLLARS. / No / STATE of NORTH-CAROLINA. / THIS Bill intitles the Bearer to receive Fifty \ Spanish milled Dollars, or the Value thereof, \ in Gold or Silver, agreeable to an Act of Assembly \ passed at NEWBERN the 10th Day of May, 1780. / NORTH CAROLINA CURRENCY / Fifty Dollars. / Fundamentum mihi \ ære Perennius.

Decorative borders

Reverse

Fifty Dollars. / Printed by James Davis, \ 1780.

Decorative borders

Measured 1780 United States 50 Dollar Note specimens

1 physically measured 1780 United States 50 Dollar Note example in our reference database. Real measured weights and die axes let you authenticate a coin against the g, mm minting standard.

Measured 1780 United States 50 Dollar Note specimens
SpecimenWeightDiameterDie axisReferences
1780 United States 50 Dollar Note #1--9 hFriedberg.NC-192

Specifications compiled from documented museum specimens. See our data & methodology page.