Very funny, but is it even legal to show actual currency on TV liken that? I thought there were federal regulations against that, which is why TV shows and movies usually use oversized bills whenever they need to show cash.
I don't think it's a law. More of a "who's responsible on set for that real cash" thing. Especially if a scene calls for large amounts. Hollywood lives on props so why use real money when a prop is much easier with no need to account for it at the end of the shoot.
I could be totally wrong and there is a law, I'm not sure. Just playing devils advocate
Quote: It isn't legal for print media to use real money, to the point that boxers with accurately sized money on it were once seized. So the magazine ad would show part of a hundred dollar bill, but not all of it. Because the law says that only the government can print money. There is no law against showing it on TV or in the movies, since you can't cut out the bills and use them.
It used to be illegal, it isn't anymore. The law prohibited any pictures of currency but it was written back before movies or TV. When movies came along they had to use prop notes and then later TV had to do the same thing. Eventually they realized that a screen image wasn't a counterfeiting danger. I'm not sure if they rewrote the law, or just stopped enforcing it against film and Tv show makers. Also by that time prop money was so commonplace, and as mentioned it didn't have the account problems that it was pretty much standard usage anyway.
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