What building is on the 50 dollar bill?
Michael Gray
Updated on April 09, 2026
President Grant is the front of the fifty dollar bill, and US Capitol building is on the back.
What buildings are on the back of US currency?
Can you name the buildings depicted on US bills and coins (all-time)?
| Denomination | Building | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| $50 | US Capitol Building | 70.6% |
| 5 cents | Monticello | 63.2% |
| $10 | US Treasury Building | 59.6% |
| $100 | Independence Hall | 58.1% |
Who is on the back of the 50 dollar bill?
The $50 note features a portrait of President Grant on the front of the note and a vignette of the United States Capitol on the back of the note. A unique combination of eleven numbers and letters appears twice on the front of the note. The design includes series years 1990 and 1993.
Where is President Grant on a 50 dollar bill?
Hold the note to light and look for a faint image of President Grant in the blank space to the right of the portrait. The image is visible from both sides of the note. Tilt the note to see the numeral 50 in the lower right corner on the front of the note shift from green to black.
Is the 50 dollar bill still in circulation?
Approximately 3.5% of all notes printed in 2019 were $50 bills. They are delivered by Federal Reserve Banks in beige straps. Next to the United States two-dollar bill the fifty-dollar bill has the lowest circulation of any U.S. denomination measured by volume, with 1.8 billion notes in circulation as of December 31 2019
How many states are on a five dollar bill?
“The vignette on the reverse of the five-dollar bill depicts the Lincoln Memorial. You may be aware that, engraved on that Memorial are the names of the 48 states in 1922, which was the year the Memorial was dedicated. There are engravings of 26 State names on front of the building, which appears on the note vignette.
