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100 Dollars - Movie Money
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Size | 156 x 66 mm |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of Independence Hall rendered in intaglio-style engraving, flanked by ornate guilloche borders. A large copper and blue numeral 100 occupies the right field. The motto IN COPY BILL WE TRUST is printed across the upper centre in place of the standard legend. |
| Reverse lettering | 100 MOTION PICTURE USE ONLY IN COPY BILL WE TRUST ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS |
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Novelty "movie money" — prop currency printed to resemble real banknotes for use in film and television production — occupies a genuinely awkward legal space. In the United States, the Secret Service has prosecuted prop money manufacturers whose products too closely replicate authentic currency, even when marked as fake. The relevant statute, 18 U.S.C. § 475, prohibits any likeness of U.S. currency that could be mistaken for genuine, regardless of intent.
Whether a specific batch crossed that line often came down to print quality and how aggressively the "prop" markings were applied — or weren't.