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Many times we are asked about
currency reproduction. Here is an excerpt from the US Secret
Service Web page outlining the laws pertaining to this issue.
You can go directly to this site here.
Illustrations of currency, checks, or other obligations.
The law sharply restricts photographs or other printed reproductions
of paper currency, checks, bonds, revenue stamps and securities
of the United States and foreign governments.
The Counterfeit Detection Act of 1992, Public Law 102-550, in Section 411 of Title 31 of the Code of Federal Regulations, permits color illustrations of U.S. currency provided:
1. The illustration is of a size less than three-fourths or more than one and one-half, in linear dimension, of each part of the item illustrated.
2. The illustration is one-sided.
3. All negatives, plates, positives, digitized storage medium,
graphic files, magnetic medium, optical storage devices, and
any other thing used in the making of the illustration that
contain an image of the illustration or any part thereof are
destroyed and/or deleted or erased after their final use.
Photographic or other likenesses of other United States obligations
and securities and foreign currencies are permissable for
any non-fraudulent purpose, provided the items are reproduced
in black and white and are less than three-quarters or greater
than one-and-one-half times the size, in linear dimension,
of any part of the original item beign reproduced. Negatives
and plates used in making the likeinesses must be destroyed
after their use for the purpose for which they were made.
This policy permits the use of currency reproductions in commercial
advertisements, provided they conform to the size and color
restrictions.
Motion picture films, microfilms, videotapes, and slides of
paper currency, securities, and other obligations may be made
in color or black and white for projection or telecasting.
No printing may be made form these unless they conform to
the size and color restrictions.
Photographs, printed illustrations, motion picture film, or
slides of United States and foreign coins may be used for
any purpose. With few exceptions, existing law generally prohibits
the manufacture, sale, or use of any token, disk, or device
in the likiness or similitude of any coins of the United States,
or of any foreign country, which are issued as money.
Printed illustrations of United States and foreign stamps
are permissible for any non-fraudulent purpose. Black and
white illustrations of un-canceled United States and foreign
postage stamps are permissible in any size. Color illustrations
of un-canceled United States and foreign postage stamps must
be less than three-fourths or more than oen and one-half times
the size of the genuine stamp. Canceled United States and
foreign postage stamps may be of any size whether the illustrations
are in color or black and white.
Note: Canceled U.S. and foreign postage stamps must bear an
official cancellation mark, i.e., the stamps must have been
used for postage. Also, the plates and negatives, including
glossy prints, of any United States or foreign obligations
must be destroyed after their final use for the purpose for
which they were made.
Printed Illustrations of United States and foreign revenue
stamps are permissible in black and white only. There are
no size restrictions for revenue stamps.
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