50 Dollar Bill

[perdedor]

God no...

Perhaps FDR or Eisenhower would be more appropriate selections if we are limiting this to Presidents.

FDR is on the dime and Eisenhower was on the silver dollar. Why on earth isn't Theodore Roosevelt on something?

As for the 50, Grant was a great general and a decent man. He's far more deserving than Jackson, who shouldn't be anywhere near the 20...

What's your point? Lincoln is on both the penny and the five, Washington is on both the Quarter and the one.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

I wouldn't hold my breath for larger bills any time soon. Large transactions are seldom paid for in cash, the organized crime concerns that took large bills out of circulation circa 1969 still exist, and counterfeiting concerns would be a horrendous nightmare.

Besides, by the time there would be an inflationary need for a higher-than-$100 bill, we'll be on an entirely electronic monetary system anyway.

With a €500 bill in circulation, there are no legitimate arguments against introducing a $200 or $500 bill other than lack of demand.  I can't see us ever going to a totally electronic system.  Bankless persons in this country and international users of the dollar need something tangible to transact with.  We certainly won't be going all-electronic anytime this century unless we want to abandon the preeminent place that the U.S. dollar has as a world currency.

That said, there's no strong need for a $500 bill at present.  A $200 bill would be useful, but the inertia of using the $100 would keep it from circulating as widely as it might if the currency were being started fro scratch.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Try using a $50 bill at a convenience store ..........they have a fit........I still do it sometimes, but they have a total fit.......all kinds of signs saying they won't take them......lol.

[useful idiot]

God no...

Perhaps FDR or Eisenhower would be more appropriate selections if we are limiting this to Presidents.

FDR is on the dime and Eisenhower was on the silver dollar. Why on earth isn't Theodore Roosevelt on something?

As for the 50, Grant was a great general and a decent man. He's far more deserving than Jackson, who shouldn't be anywhere near the 20...

What's your point? Lincoln is on both the penny and the five, Washington is on both the Quarter and the one.

My point is that TR would be the more appropriate selection to replace Grant if that were to happen, because he isn't on any currency. FDR is not Lincoln or Washington, he doesn't need to be on multiple denominations when men like Madison and Theodore Roosevelt are completely left off.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Try using a $50 bill at a convenience store ..........they have a fit........I still do it sometimes, but they have a total fit.......all kinds of signs saying they won't take them......lol.

How many people buy more than $20 worth of stuff at one time from inside a convenience store?  Convenience stores don't want to be in the business of making change.  It costs them money.

[Vepres]

The Democratic hackery in here is amazing, Republicans don't complain about the dime.

Many more people are more deserving of than Reagan though.

[Verily]

The Democratic hackery in here is amazing, Republicans don't complain about the dime.

Many more people are more deserving of than Reagan though.

FDR was put on the dime for apolitical reasons. The organization today known as the March of Dimes got its name, of course, from soliciting donations of a single dime, and was originally focused on the eradication of polio. FDR, having had polio himself, was a major symbol of the movement. He was put on the dime as a symbolic show of support.

Complain about it when $50 becomes the regular donation for research to eradicate Alzheimer's

[k-onmmunist]

No, murderers shouldn't be allowed on US money.

Oh wait...

[Psychic Octopus]

No, Grant deserves his spot. Maybe on the $200 if we ever print such a thing, or a dollar coin.


The thing is, what would we put as a background? The Berlin Wall being destroyed? Dumb and tacky. Same thing with Eisenhower. What would we put? D-Day? War on money would be atrocious.

[RosettaStoned]

No thank you.

[Associate Justice PiT]

No, Grant deserves his spot. Maybe on the $200 if we ever print such a thing, or a dollar coin.


The thing is, what would we put as a background? The Berlin Wall being destroyed? Dumb and tacky. Same thing with Eisenhower. What would we put? D-Day? War on money would be atrocious.

     You could put Central High on the reverse side for Eisenhower, actually.

[Bo]

No, put Taft on there. He deserves it way more than Raygun.

[useful idiot]

No, put Taft on there. He deserves it way more than Raygun.

A one term president generally considered a failure(rightly or wrongly)? There are definitely more worthy candidates...

[Smash255]

No, not at all.  As Pym pointed out he doesn't deserve all the crap that is named after him as it is.  The fact that he basically got a free pass on Iran-Contra is highly disturbing.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

No.  People shouldn't be removed from monetary denominations.  So unless they're going to create a new bill, I'm opposed.

[Scam of God]

I dislike the practice of putting individuals on money generally. It tends to re-inforce the perception that American politics is a cult of personality.

[opebo]

Abolish tangible money altogether.

I think that's the scariest thing I've ever heard in my life.

Anyway I'd like to put LBJ on the fifty.

[Free Palestine]

Abolish tangible money altogether.

I think that's the scariest thing I've ever heard in my life.

Anyway I'd like to put LBJ on the fifty.

The only paper LBJ deserves to have his ugly face printed on is toilet paper.

[Lunar]

Only if Obama is put on the $50.01 bill.

[Ban my account ffs!]

We should get rid of dollars and adopt pre decimal Pound Sterling...

"Oh that'll be a farthing, a penny, a quarter pound, and 4 drops of blood please!  And could you hurry up with the pin prick.. I've got a queue forming!  Oh.. how I do love a good, orderly queue!"

[Хahar 🤔]

I like the idea of Clay, though Grant ought to be on something for what he did in the Civil War.

[Magic 8-Ball]

No.

[WillK]

"Ulysses S. Grant earned his $50 bill"

http://www.statesman.com/opinion/waugh-ulysses-s-grant-earned-his-50-bill-336356.html

[Ban my account ffs!]

We should put her on the $50 bill.

[Joe Republic]

^^ A benefit of that suggestion is that the BoE&P won't have to drastically redesign the bill, given Reno's striking resemblance to Grant.