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2nd July 2002

Reproduction of Currency

“The law concisely restricts photographs or other printed reproductions of paper currency, checks, bonds, revenue stamps, and securities of the United States and foreign governments. There are three main criteria included in the Counterfeit Detection Act of 1992, Section 411 of Title 31 that permits color illustrations of U.S. currency. First, the illustration site must be less than three fourths or more than one-and-a-half times the size of the actual currency. The same holds true if you are printing just a part of an item…”

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