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10 Dollars Movie Prop Money
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| Year | 1930 |
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| Size | 154 x 66 mm |
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| Obverse description | Green-on-pale underprint. Central oval vignette of a male portrait in intaglio style, flanked by a heraldic seal to the left and a circular "TEN" guilloche medallion to the right. Large ornate "10" numerals occupy each corner, with two facsimile signature lines and a disclaimer legend printed across the upper left reading "FOR MOTION PICTURE USE ONLY" along the lower border. |
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| Obverse lettering | 10 10 THIS NOTE IS NOT VALID. IT IS FOR USE IN MOTION PICTURES ONLY AND IS NON- NEGOTIABLE. ITS USE FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE WILL BE IN VIOLATION OF THE LAW. TEN SERIES 1930 M FOR MOTION PICTURE USE ONLY 10/TEN TEN DOLLARS 10/TEN |
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Prop currency made to replicate 1930s U.S. banknotes occupies a genuinely odd corner of notaphily — legally required to be distinguishable from genuine currency under U.S. federal law (18 U.S.C. § 504), yet the most convincing examples were produced before those restrictions were consistently enforced. Pre-1970s Hollywood prop notes exist on a spectrum from crude single-sided photoprints to surprisingly detailed double-sided lithographs that have occasionally fooled dealers.
Without a confirmed studio attribution or production credit, the collectible case here rests entirely on physical execution and age.