Scanning or photgraphing notes

I'm not sure if this has been brought up in previous posts, is it not illegal to scan, Xerox or otherwise photocopy paper currency - no matter the reasons?

I see it all over these threads so I'm guessing it's not a problem...

 

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Are you reading a different thread?

Chris

 

yeah, looks like he was

 

LOL....

I don't think it's illegal to scan notes, as long as you don't print them out and try to pass them off as the "real deal".

 

Here's an interesting site with some information on the subject: http://www.rulesforuse.org/pub/index.php

They have rather spotty coverage (appropriately strong in Europe as usual), and some only discuss reproducing and printing copies of banknotes versus the digital images. Many that discuss digital images have the requirement that they be "72dpi" which is a complete red herring. But in any case, this might be the largest collection in one place of policies from various countries.

The way I read the site, I would take it to apply to currently circulating currency, not old or devalued currency. That's my own take, not something I saw noted there.

Dave

 

No i think iam reading the right one, Just made a suggestion to
Use photobucket.com, I think he answered is own question based
On what he has seen on CT!!

 

Thanks Dave:

General information about the reproduction of banknotes:

The Counterfeit Detection Act of 1992, Public Law 102-550, in Section 411 of Title 31 of the Code of Federal Regulations, permits color illustrations of U.S. currency, provided that:

1. the illustration is of a size less than three-fourths or more than one and one-half, in linear dimension, of each part of the item illustrated;
2. the illustration is one-sided; and
3. all negatives, plates, positives, 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 are destroyed and/or deleted or erased after their final use.

 

Why, Yes, the topic has come up in the recent past. Here are a couple of threads you can read up on:

Scanning Banknotes

scanning currency and Espon tech support

Cannot scan

 

And this answers the OP how?

 

I personally have come to think he feels he must comment simply because he opened the thread, is trying to acknowledge having opened the tread, is attempting to drive up his post count for some unforeseen reason (sort of like trying to generate a rep on eBay by getting a lot of positive feedback), doesn't know that there's a way to subscribe to a thread without posting to the thread or perhaps he has stock in Photobucket!

 

Does a high post count give a good rep, or is it the information you give in the posts that give you a good rep? Either way, you can photo, scan, and print pictures of currency all day long and no one will freak out about it until you try and make it look exactly like the real thing to do some spending. The government tends to get its panties in a bunch over that.

 

In the US, yes it seems that way. In many foreign countries they are much more likely to get the panties in a bunch over posting scans of banknotes, even if they would be way too small to generate a print that would have a semblance to a real note.

Dave