Comments on: Macro Photos of a $100 Bill

By: Leontine Bevilacqua

Leontine Bevilacqua — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 20:46:44 +0000

I seemed to be aware about this already, however there have been several helpful pieces that finalized the picture to me, thanks a ton!

By: krystalyn

krystalyn — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:51:02 +0000

By reproduction it means a printed copy, not a photograph. If you are printing money off (for practice-play with a child to teach them about it or something) it has to be obviously too big or small so its not gonna be passed like a counterfeit.

By: Soendoro Soetanto

Soendoro Soetanto — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:40:07 +0000

Nice posting.

Soendoro Soetanto

By: Ellie K

Ellie K — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:54:50 +0000

Jim,
I had similar thoughts as @Vince regarding your photo posts of United States currency and U.S. Federal law, be it Treasury, ATF or Secret Service’s concern. You said, my apologies if html is not allowed:

So, the only type of reproductions that the Secret Service is really worried about is ones that could be passed off as real money, that is ones that are actual size.

I’d suggest that @Vince might just as likely been expressing concern that your 5x or more enlarged and highly detailed images of U.S. currency were disallowed due to misuse for counterfeiting purposes.

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:18:53 +0000

I think Vince is wrong. Federal law prohibits reproduction of currency that is less than twice normal size, or more than half normal size. If you have been in any gift shop, there are keychains sold by the thousands that depict a small hundred dollar bill.
In addition, there are reference books for currency collectors that have reproductions of thousands of currency types since the beginning of the United States, so that collectors can spot the differences between different types of bills in their collection.
So, the only type of reproductions that the Secret Service is really worried about is ones that could be passed off as real money, that is ones that are actual size.
Look here for an artist who hand draws actual bills and passes them off as art, not money: http://blogs.geniocity.com/friedman/tag/art/

By: Vince Geeman

Vince Geeman — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:21:12 +0000

US Federal law prevents the reproduction of such detailed, magnified images of US currency. Do you have any idea why? Duh!!

By: steve

steve — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 23:06:43 +0000

Quite beautiful. Good work