50 State Capitols Commemorative Currency Program

This bill proposed a ten-year program to redesign the back of the $1 bill to feature the state capitols or statehouses of all 50 states. Starting in 2005, the Treasury would have released five new designs each year, following the chronological order in which each state joined the Union.

For the average citizen, this would have meant that the standard $1 bill would change its appearance periodically, similar to how the 50 State Quarters program functioned for coinage. The legislation specifically prohibited the use of portraits or busts of any individuals in these new designs, focusing exclusively on the architectural imagery of the state buildings.