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With the newly unveiled $50 note, from left, Thomas A.Ferguson, director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, John W. Snow, secretary of The Department of the Treasury, Mark W. Olson, of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, and C. Danny Spriggs, deputy director of the United States Secret Service. The new $50 note, which will be issued in late September or October, is the second denomination in the Series 2004 currency. (Robin Weiner/U.S. Newswire)

Ribbon cutting for the grand opening of the Western Currency Facility Tour & Visitor Center, from left, Thomas A. Ferguson, director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP), Mark W. Olson, of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Congresswoman Kay Granger (R-TX), John W. Snow, secretary of The Department of the Treasury, C. Danny Spriggs, deputy director of the United States Secret Service, Ft. Worth Mayor Mike Moncrief and Charlene Williams, plant manager of the BEP's Western Currency Facility. The new $50 note, which will be issued in late September or October, is the second denomination in the Series 2004 currency. (Robin Weiner/U.S. Newswire)

From left, Bill Johnson, a BEP pressman, Charlene Williams, plant manager of the BEP's Western Currency Facility, John W. Snow, secretary of The Department of the Treasury, Ft. Worth Mayor Mike Moncrief, Thomas A. Ferguson, director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP), examine a sheet with color from the offset printing process. The new $50 note, which will be issued in late September or October, is the second denomination in the Series 2004 currency. (Robin Weiner/U.S. Newswire)

Charlene Williams, plant manager of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing's Western Currency Facility (BEP), shows a new $50 note to Ft. Worth Mayor Mike Moncrief, and his son Troy, far let, while Mike Ritrovato, right, a bookbinder, works the presses at BEP's Western Currency Facility. The new $50 note, which will be issued in late September or October, is the second denomination in the Series 2004 currency. (Robin Weiner/U.S. Newswire)

Ft. Worth Mayor Mike Moncrief examines a sheet of new $50 notes as it goes through the presses at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing's Western Currency Facility. The new $50 note, which will be issued in late September or October, is the second denomination in the Series 2004 currency. (Robin Weiner/U.S. Newswire)

A sheet of the new $50 notes at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing's Western Currency Facility. The new $50 note, which will be issued in late September or October, is the second denomination in the Series 2004 currency. (Robin Weiner/U.S. Newswire)

John Guy, a BEP pressman, stacks the sheets of new $50 notes to go through the final stage of printing process at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing's Western Currency Facility. The new $50 note, which will be issued in late September or October, is the second denomination in the Series 2004 currency. (Robin Weiner/U.S. Newswire)

John W. Snow, secretary of The Department of the Treasury, holds a new $50 note at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing's Western Currency Facility. The new $50 note, which will be issued in late September or October, is the second denomination in the Series 2004 currency. (Robin Weiner/U.S. Newswire)