Celebrity Notes Currency notes upon which the portraits of well-known personalities (such as Santa Claus and movie stars) are temporarily affixed, are for the most part found to be genuine United States currency. Private businesses produce these novelty items by purchasing new currency notes from banks and subsequently apply the picture of a well-known personality over the engraved portrait on the bill by means of a pressure-sensitive adhesive. These businesses then charge their customers premium prices. At least two statutes that may apply to celebrity notes are 18 U.S.C. §§ 333 and 475. 18 U.S.C. § 333 provides: “Whoever mutilates, cuts, defaces, disfigures, or perforates, or unites or cements together, or does any other thing to any bank bill, draft, note, or other evidence of debt issued by any national banking association, or Federal Reserve bank, or the Federal Reserve System, with the intent to render such bank bill, draft, note, or other evidence of debt unfit to be reissued, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.” Additionally, 18 U.S.C. § 475 subjects to punishment anyone who “writes, prints, or otherwise impresses upon or attaches to any such instrument, obligation, or security, or any coin of the United States, any business or professional card, notice, or advertisement, or any notice or advertisement whatever . . . .” The prohibition contained in section 475 may apply when a “celebrity note” is being used as a form of commercial advertising. A determination of the legality of any particular celebrity note is a matter within the authority of the Department of Justice. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing’s position regarding this matter is that this and similar other treatments of United States currency are demeaning. This type of enterprise is neither endorsed nor authorized by officials at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. =============================================================== 以上是从Bureau of Engraving and Printing(铸印局)网站转录的文章 简单来说，BEP并没有正式授权这种纪念纸币可以当做一般货币使用 E-Bay上的美国财政部授权应该是指"授权印制并贩售纪念纸币" [应该不会有人花大钱拿来当做货币来用] -- [没想到台湾的空特在世界还蛮有名的.....]我自言自语的说着 以优异的成绩毕业後，系上教授争先恐後的要我加入他们的Team 我只回了一句.....[等我当兵回来再说]..... 入伍那天，除了证件和个人用具以外，我带了她的相片...跟遗书 ==========传说之狂者们 第六章第二节 决意=========== --

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