Ian Stirling wrote:


AIUI, the actual act of forgery for pound notes is a criminal offence.
Is this the same for Dollars/Yen/Baht?

Certainly under US law, making repros of dollar bills is very strictly
controlled; the US Treasury website has details, which include stuff
like "you can do novelty ripoffs based on currency BUT it has to be
distinctly different in size and/or aspect-ratio and/or colo[u]r": it
carves out the 'design space' around real currency and says Thou Shalt
Not Walk Here. And they've apparently encouraged photocopier and scanner
manufacturers to detect and deliberately spoil/low-fi-ify (IYSWIM)
images of The Holy Greenback...