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10 Dollars - Movie Money
| Issuer | Movie Money (Prop Money) |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Size | 156 x 67 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of Alexander Hamilton in intaglio-style engraving, adapted from the genuine Series 2004 US $10 note. A circular underprint seal at left reads 'UNITED WE STAND / MOVIE MONEY USE', with a rose-pink torch vignette and 'We The People' script underprint at right. The legend 'FOR MOTION PICTURE USE ONLY' appears in bold at upper right, with 'THIS NOTE IS NOT LEGAL. IT IS TO BE USED FOR MOTION PROPS' in small text at lower left. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of the U.S. Treasury Building rendered in a green intaglio-style engraving within an oval guilloche frame, flanked by trees. The motto 'IN COPY WE TRUST' replaces the genuine motto above the building. An unprinted oval at left substitutes for the genuine security oval, and a large numeral '10' appears at lower right. The border carries the legend 'FOR MOTION PICTURE USE ONLY' along the top. |
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Prop currency occupies a legally ambiguous space in most jurisdictions. In the United States, the Counterfeit Detection Act of 1992 and subsequent Secret Service guidelines require motion picture bills to differ from genuine currency in size, be printed on one side only, or carry an unambiguous "MOTION PICTURE USE ONLY" overprint — requirements not uniformly followed across the industry.
The FBI and Secret Service have prosecuted multiple cases where commercial prop money entered real circulation, most notably a 2015 action against Ohio-based prop supplier Isaiah Washington after his product appeared in drug trafficking seizures across several states.