Allowed to show money on TV?

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theryaner

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This question might seem silly, but I'm wondering if you're allowed to show money (realistic fake money) for a tv commercial? I am also implying that some sort of robbery is going to take place, but it obviously won't go too far. Let me know if you guys have any insight
 
Showing real money is no problem at all. Making realistic fake money in order to show it, well, that becomes a problem, at least in the US, there are strict regulations on size and color and whatnot. So ideally, just use real greenbacks.
 
Which is why bills always look so big... There is the old trick of putting a real bill on the top of a stack of paper blanks. Or look up what the law states.
 
And you only need a real one on either side of a stack of newspaper cut to size to make a wad of cash. Can't do that anymore with Aussie money, it's plastic and crazy colours.
 
Egg Born Son said:
And you only need a real one on either side of a stack of newspaper cut to size to make a wad of cash. Can't do that anymore with Aussie money, it's plastic and crazy colours.
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Can't use newspaper, but you could use a plastic paper like Duponts Teslin.
 
Barry_Green said:
Showing real money is no problem at all. Making realistic fake money in order to show it, well, that becomes a problem, at least in the US, there are strict regulations on size and color and whatnot. So ideally, just use real greenbacks.
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From the Wiki on "To Live and Die in LA"(1985)

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The counterfeiting montage looks authentic because Friedkin consulted actual counterfeiters who had done time. The "consultant" actually did the scenes that do not show actor Willem Dafoe on camera to give this sequence more authenticity[2] even though the actor learned how to print money.[7] They actually printed on both sides of the paper which is illegal. Over one million dollars was made but had three things wrong with it so that it could not be used outside of the film. The filmmakers burned most of the fake money but some leaked out, was used, and linked back to the production. The son of one of the crew members tried to use some of the prop money to buy candy at a local store and was caught.[8] Three FBI agents from Washington, D.C. interviewed 12-15 crew members including Friedkin who screened the workprint for them. He offered to show the film to the Secretary of the Treasury and take out anything that was a danger to national security. That was the last he heard from the government.
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