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Using Copies of Money for Training

Question: 
We would like to make copies of the new $20.00 bill for training purposes. Where can I find the actual interpretation of specific requirements?
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Answer by Richard Insley: Reproduction of Currency

Authority: 18 UNITED STATES CODE; 504: Treasury Directive Number 15-56 FR 48539 (September 15,1993) 411.1 Color illustrations authorized.

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of chapter 25 of Title 18 of the U.S. Code, authority is hereby given for the printing, publishing or importation, or the making or importation of the necessary plates or items for such printing or publication, of color illustrations of U.S. currency provided that:

1. The illustration must be of a size less than three-fourths or more than one and one-half, in linear dimension, of each part of any matter so illustrated; 2. The illustration must be one sided; and 3. All negatives, plates, 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 shall be destroyed and or deleted or erased after their final use in accordance with this section.

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Answer by Hussam Al-Abed: An extra Tip for forgery Training: always stamp all Training materials (banknotes and copies of banknotes) with “For Training Purpose Only “ stamp

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Answer by Andy Zavonia: First, BOL is a vault of information for this topic, so you need not reinvent the wheel.

Money Matters

This has several useful links including pictures of the new bill. If you could use a monitor or projector, you could avoid printing restrictions Richard pointed out.

First published on BankersOnline.com 12/1/03

First published on 12/01/2003

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