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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;clayirving, post: 1294381, member: 18867&quot;]There is a reason why images of US currency are printed in black and white in books and other publications — Cost. It is more expensive to print full color illustrations. This doesn&#039;t mean that color illustrations of US currency are not printed in media. Sitting on my desk is the Banknote Reporter and Robert Azpiazu&#039;s <u>Collector&#039;s Guide to Modern Federal Reserve Notes Series 1963-2009</u>. Both have full color illustrations of US paper money.</p><p><br /></p><p>Read the original poster&#039;s first message — He provided a link to the Secret Service Web site which clearly defines rules for illustrations of currency, checks, and other obligations. It indicates:</p><p><span style="color: #336699"><font face="Arial"><b><br /></b></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #336699"><font face="Arial"><b>U.S. Currency</b></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #336699"><font face="Verdana"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #336699"><font face="Verdana">The Counterfeit Detection Act of 1992, Public Law 102-550, in Section 411 of Title 31 of the Code of Federal Regulations, <u>permits color illustrations of U.S. currency</u> provided:</font></span></p><ul> <li>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</li> <li>The illustration is one-sided</li> <li>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</li> </ul><p>Then it indicates rules for <u>Other</u> Obligations and Securities:</p><p><span style="color: #336699"><font face="Arial"><b><br /></b></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #336699"><font face="Arial"><b>Other Obligations and Securities</b></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #336699"><font face="Verdana"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #336699"><font face="Verdana">Photographic or other likenesses of other United States obligations and securities and foreign currencies are permissible for any non-fraudulent purpose, provided the items are reproduced in black and white and are less than three-quarters or greater than one-and-one-half times the size, in linear dimension, of any part of the original item being reproduced. Negatives and plates used in making the likenesses must be destroyed after their use for the purpose for which they were made. This policy permits the use of currency reproductions in commercial advertisements, provided they conform to the size and color restrictions. </font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #336699"><font face="Verdana">Motion picture films, microfilms, videotapes, and slides of paper currency, securities, and other obligations may be made in color or black and white for projection or telecasting. No prints may be made from these unless they conform to the size and color restrictions. </font></span></p><p><br /></p><p>The Secret Service Web site includes a full-color image of a US $20 FRN — I hope the FBI doesn&#039;t find out.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m done with this discussion.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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