Q&A for How to Make Fake Money

Sure you can! Just make sure you don't use it in public (for example the mall or even your school cafeteria) as it is illegal to use fake money to try to purchase things.

This is to make it look real and to make its texture feel like real money.

You will be breaking the law at least twice. Usually if an item is illegal, it isn't just illegal to buy, it is illegal just to own, so you are breaking the law even if you used counterfeit money. Second, creating counterfeit money that just looks like real money is a crime in most countries, regardless of what you use it for or even if you never use it at all.

No, as that is illegal.

The kind of paper used for real money depends on which nation you live in. In the US, real currency paper is made using a mixture of cotton and linen. The exact formula is kept secret to prevent counterfeit money from being made.

Yes, it is fine to use fake money for games and with your friends. You just can't try and trick someone into thinking it is real money, and you can't create fake money that looks exactly like real money. You should be able to look at it and easily tell it is just pretend.

Yes, it's possibly to create double-sided money by adjusting your printer settings to print on both sides of a single page. You'll also need a two-page document on your computer with both sides of the currency image on it. Or, you can use a copier's double-sided function to create two-sided images.

You can place real bills directly inside of a copier. However, you will need to usually make the image just black and white or alter the size in order to follow the law. You can usually use the copier's size adjustment function to shrink or expand the original image a bit.

Plain computer paper should work fine, but you can use any kind of paper you have.

You could use something like Adobe Photoshop to create unique money that could be printed on regular computer paper.

Yes, but it will look less realistic.

It is recommended that you use an InkJet or a laser printer to place your image on the note, depending on your preferences.

A high quality laser printer will create the best final image. You can also alter the printer's settings, so that it feeds the paper in more slowly and adds more ink onto the actual page. This will create a more clear final image.

You cannot use this fake money to purchase real things. You can use it as a prop in a play or film, or you can use it with friends to play a game that requires fake currency.

No. This money won't work, as it is not legal tender.

You can download an app to your phone or tablet that allows you to use your face on $100 bills.

You could draw it by hand. It may not look as real, but it is still fun for games.

You aren't. This article is about making fake money for games and for fun.

No, this would still be against the law. When the vendor who runs that machine comes to collect the money from the machine, they will have a counterfeit bill instead of a real bill for the item you purchased, and if they don't recognize that it is counterfeit, they will go on to try and spend it themselves like real money. Most likely they will try to deposit it at the bank, which will identify it using UV lighting or marking pens, and the bank will take the fake money from them and not reimburse them. It doesn't matter if you are not physically handing the fake money to another person, it is still a crime and you are still hurting someone.

There are many ways to identify fake money. With US currency, there is a UV-reactive strip inside all bills (except one-dollar bills) that glows a particular color under UV light. There are special chemicals in the paper itself that reacts with the chemicals in money-marking pens, so that the pens remain yellow when marked on real currency but turn black on normal paper. The ID number on the bill can also be used to identify a fake bill - it will either be a repeat ID number with another bill that already exists, or it will be an ID number that was never issued. There are also microscopic markings in the art on the bill that are very difficult to reproduce.

It is illegal in many countries, including the US, to make fake money that is not clearly fake. This means that if you copy a real bill, you must change the size (smaller or larger by at least 20%) and/or make the copy in black and white. There are a couple of reasons why this is the case, but think about this: if you were to lose your fake money, and it looks just like real money, someone may pick it up thinking it is real money, and then get in trouble for trying to spend it.

Coffee in this tutorial means black, Western-style coffee. This means it should be the same consistency as water (not thick, like many Eastern cultures brew their coffee) and it should not have sugar or milk or cream in it, nothing but the coffee. The paper should not be sticky. It might be stiff or brittle after drying.

It is impossible to print real money by yourself. In the US, money is only created at a place called the Mint, thus, you cannot create "real" money. Buying, selling, or donating using fake money is illegal.

It would be illegal and almost impossible to become rich by using these methods. Plus, printing out so much money would be impossible.

Yes, but if she thinks it is real she might steal it and try to buy stuff with it, which would be illegal because it is fake.

Of course not. The article explains how to make prop money, not counterfeit money. Re-read Part 2 Step 1.