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Under federal law, the use or attempted use of counterfeit currency is illegal if the person has the intent to defraud the recipient. A conviction for the offense carries up to 20 years in prison and a fine.

It's also illegal to tear a dollar bill and even flatten a penny under the weight of a locomotive on the railroad tracks. The laws making defacing and debasing currency a crime have their roots in the federal government's use of precious metals to mint coins.

Yes, you can't use a photocopy machine to copy money. If you try to print currency notes using any modern printing or scanning device, they will refuse to assist you in this criminal effort. Some might even have shut down completely.

Size. You can legally display full-color images of United States currency in advertising as long as you adhere to the regulations set by the U.S. Department of Treasury. The image that you use must be smaller than three-fourths of the length of the original currency or larger than one and one-half times the length.

Counterfeiting foreign currency is also a federal crime. If you are convicted of counterfeiting foreign currency, you will be facing the same penalties for counterfeiting United States currency.

Is It Really Money? The authority to print money in the U.S. rests solely with the federal government, and the only legal tender in the country is the U.S. dollar. So, while the Tenino Wooden Dollar sounds like a great idea, is it legal? If it really were a competing currency, the answer would be no.

The fake $20 bills have the works "prop copy" on the back. From the front, the bills look like a normal $20, but when a special pen is used on them, the mark will turn brown. That means the bill is not real money. Anyone who finds one of these bills should report it to their local law enforcement agency.