Posted: 2/20/2005 8:13:11 PM EDT
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United States Code TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 17 - COINS AND CURRENCY § 333. Mutilation of national bank obligations “Whoever mutilates, cuts, defaces, disfigures, or perforates, or unites or cements together, or does any other thing to any bank bill, draft, note, or other evidence of debt issued by any national banking association, or Federal Reserve bank, or the Federal Reserve System, with intent to render such bank bill, draft, note, or other evidence of debt unfit to be reissued, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.” FINDLAW http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/casecode/uscodes/18/parts/i/chapters/17/sections/section_333.html or http://assembler.law.cornell.edu/uscode/search/display.html?terms=defaces&url=/uscode/html/uscode18/usc_sec_18_00000333----000-.html Prior to 1994 when this law was amended, the statute read “fined not more than $100”. This was changed in 1994 to read “shall be fined under this title” which effectively gives the court the authority to impose a fine at its discretion. Of course the imprisonment terms mentioned in the statute speaks for itself. I was wrong - not a felony, just illegal. |
I don't think so, I was saying it about defacing $$$. It isn't a felony, but is illegal. It is a little illegal it looks like to scan $. About.com: Reproductions must be done in such a way as to not be confused with actual paper currency. Some of the most common conditions are (not all apply to every country): * Size - smaller or larger than original, the amount varies by country * Color - black & white reproductions only or the use of distinctly different colors from original * One-side - reproductions cannot be double-sided * Surface Area - only a certain percentage of the overall surface of one side of the bill may be depictedMaybe crop it * Orientation - currency must be at an angle within the illustration * Labeling - placing the word "Specimen" or "Sample" across the illustration * Material - some types of reproductions can only be placed on materials that are not paper or paper-like * Permission - in some countries you must request permission in writing before reproducing banknotes in advertising or for educational purposes * Creative Materials - disposal of scans, negatives, plates, or other materials used in creating the currency reproductions |
and here: Reproduction of Currency blank 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. |
The "Wheresgeorge.com" stamp in not intended to render a bill unfit to be reissued. That would actually defeat the whole purpose of wheresgeorge, which is to track bills over the miles and years. The 'hemp' stamp is a totally seperate thing, a political statement, has nothing to do with wheresgeorge. I doubt that it is intended to render the bill unfit to be reissued. When I mark bills for wheresgeorge, I always mark on the righthand side in the white margin with black pen. I've thought of getting a stamp, but haven't done so. See this site at the Treasury where Wheresgeorge is mentioned in an official publication: Do you ever wonder where your money goes? Literally, that is. At Where’$ George, the Great American Dollar Bill Locator your children or students can track dollar bills as they circulate around the world. The site is free except, of course, for the dollar. If you can ignore the ads, it could be great fun for everyone at home or at school. www.wheresgeorge.com Jim p.s.--Same deal with those "Penny Souvenier Stampers" that crush a penny in a rolling die; it's not illegal, because it's not defacing it for any illegal purpose. |
Then it has been oked by the tres. Coin laws are diffrent from print laws and I didn't look at those. |
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You will, however, find a lot of scanners, copiers, printers, and newer software (Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro) that will refuse to scan, open, print, or edit images of currency. The gov't has been pressuring companies to install 'black box' code in the products that checks for some signature elements in bill images and refuses to work with them. Jim |
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OK.. Riddle me this: What about those penny mooshers at tourist traps... You stick a penny in and it squishes out a flattened peice of copper with somekind of imprint on it... Are the Feds going to raid giftshops across the country and seize these currency destroying machines... 
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