I don't want to spend it or anything (it isn't even double-sided).
I'm doing a science fair project on incentive and wanted to decorate it with something. Dollar bills? Would that be illegal? Does anyone have other ideas?
2007-02-21 06:31:37 · 10 answers · asked by tlex 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I am not sure that act of physically copying the money would be illegal. I think that copying it with the INTENT to spend it as legal tender would be. Go to the dollar store and get one of those kiddie packs of money and coins and use those. Copy THOSE if you need some more. That would work just as well.
2007-02-21 06:37:30 · answer #1 · answered by esmeralda 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
So long as the copies are not going to be passed off as real money, and preferably if the copies are such that they CAN'T be mistaken for it, there's no problem. (making sure the copies are reduced or enlarged is a good idea, or just seeing to it they are not the correct color)
Counterfeiting is not making photocopies of legal bills, it's making money yourself when minting is a privilege reserved to the state. It is a fact that counterfeiting is most usually done by making copies of legal tender coins and notes, but the act of making copies without intent to pass them off as currency is not, in itself, a crime.
2007-02-21 07:10:30 · answer #2 · answered by Svartalf 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's illegal unless you get permission from the Treasury Department. So get permission.
I always had the idea that if you made your own money, you could change where it says "THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER . . ." TO "THIS IS NOT LEGAL TENDER," and then you wouldn't be counterfeiting anymore.
U.S. paper money is printed on paper that is 75% linen and 25% cotton. The best approximation you're likely to find in a stationery store is rice paper. Good Luck.
2007-02-21 06:41:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, it is not illegal to photocopy money as long as it is used for legal, non-tender purposes. Many newer copy machines actually will automatically place a "VOID" on paper with US currencies copied onto it.
2007-02-21 06:38:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Technically it is illegal to photocopy any US currency. If your picture is much bigger than the real thing, and if you overlap several bills, so that no one bill is a complete photo of money, you will be OK.
Maybe do something like put the name of your organization instead of United States of America, or your picture (or logo) in place of the presidential portrait then you will be completely 'kosher'
2007-02-21 06:39:55 · answer #5 · answered by roscoedeadbeat 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Reduce or enlarge the size of the copies. It's illegal to copy currency with the intent to pass it off as legal tender.
2007-02-21 06:36:53 · answer #6 · answered by Scott K 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
no, but it is illegal to try to pass it off as real. They call that forgery.
2007-02-21 06:49:55 · answer #7 · answered by Lorrie C 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is!
2007-02-21 06:34:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
course it would
2007-02-21 06:35:29 · answer #9 · answered by peter s 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋
YES!
2007-02-21 06:34:14 · answer #10 · answered by archangel72901 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋