Using £$ in designs?
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- breadlegz
Is it illegal to use a £20 note in a design?
- ESKEMA0
the only legal ones are 5 and 10. 20's are illegal yes.
- ESKEMA0
Regarding Pound Sterling:
General information about the reproduction of banknotes:
It is an offence to deface this currency.Reproductions must not be shown in an offensive context, for example in conjunction with imagery or text of a violent or pornographic nature.
There should be no distortion of the Queen’s image (apart from an enlargement, reduction or slant).
For further details, please contact the Bank of England directly.
Reproduction in printed media:
A banknote may be reproduced if the following criteria are met:Condition 1 - Reproductions are one-sided only (nothing should appear on the reverse of the reproduction which might give the impression that the reproduction is a genuine banknote).
Condition 2 - Reproductions are not the same size as the actual banknotes: if they are smaller, they must be at most two-thirds as long and at most two-thirds as wide; if they are larger, they must be at least one and a half times as long and at least one and a half times as wide. Reproductions of parts of banknotes must meet the same conditions.
Condition 3 - Reproductions are not shown in an offensive context, for example in conjunction with imagery or text of a violent or pornographic nature.
Condition 4 - There is no distortion of the Queen’s image (apart from an enlargement, reduction or slant).
Condition 5 - At least one of the following criteria is also met:
the reproduction of the banknote is shown on the slant and not flat to camera – in such cases, the distortion must be such that right angles are reduced to acute angles of 70° or less, or increased to obtuse angles of 110° or more;
the reproduction is printed on a material clearly different and distinguishable from paper or paper-like material;
the colours on the reproduction differ distinctly from the main colours used on any of the current series of Bank of England banknotes;
in the case of partial reproductions, no more than 50% of the total surface area of one side of the original banknote is reproduced;
if the reproduction is flat to camera, it must be overprinted with the word “SPECIMEN” twice in accordance with Condition 6 (see “Reproduction in electronic media”).
Reproduction in electronic media:
A banknote may be reproduced if Conditions 3 and 4 (see “Reproduction in printed media”) and 6 (see below) are met:Condition 6 - The reproduction includes the word “SPECIMEN” twice in solid black capital letters: once from the bottom left corner to the top centre and once from the bottom centre to the top right corner – the length of the word “SPECIMEN” must not be less than one-third of the length of the reproduction and the height of the characters must not be less than one-eighth of the height of the reproduction. This applies to both complete and partial reproductions.
- pressplay0
I don‘t know, but I heard some software and scanners have blockers that avoid image processing of banknotes in high-res... would like to know if thats true... please report...
- True, even photo cameras and printers...ESKEMA
- I just took a photo of a £10 note with my smartphone and it called the police on me.lukus_W
- If you try to scan money w/photoshop (even coins), it flags up a warning message...rascuache
- or maybe it was the scanner driver...rascuache
- No my scanner does that too. Fucking scared me first time I triedrosskemp
- ESKEMA0
We have a product that we sell that are "note" books for taking notes. We found Hi-res specimens online.
- juhls0
- I wonder if anyone will still take those 50 cent coins. I have a few.juhls
- why not?chris_himself
