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Play Money $20 USD
| Issuer | Learning Advantage |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Value | 20 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Printed entirely in black on green paper, the obverse presents a close-cropped portrait vignette of Andrew Jackson at centre, rendered in an engraving-style underprint mimicking the genuine U.S. $20 Federal Reserve Note. To the left, a circular Learning Advantage logo seal substitutes for the Federal Reserve district seal, accompanied by the disclaimer 'THIS NOTE IS NOT LEGAL TENDER / FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY' and two fictitious facsimile signatures for 'Ed. E. Money, Treasurer of the United States' and 'John E. Cash, Secretary of the Treasury'. A repeating 'TWENTY / USA' guilloche-style underprint fills the right field, with denomination numerals '20' at all four corners and 'PLAY MONEY' and 'COPY' overprinted along the lower border. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in black on the same green paper stock, the reverse centres a detailed engraving-style vignette of the White House north portico, captioned 'THE WHITE HOUSE' below. The surrounding field carries a repetitive numeric underprint of the digit '20' scattered across both margins in lieu of a genuine guilloche pattern, with denomination numerals '20' at the upper corners and a large bold '20' at lower right. The inscriptions 'THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA', 'PLAY MONEY', and 'TWENTY DOLLARS' appear in bold lettering, while 'NOT LEGAL TENDER' and 'COPY' are overprinted along the lower border. |
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Learning Advantage produces this note as part of a classroom currency set aimed at elementary financial literacy instruction. The fictional signatures — "Ed. E. Money" and "John E. Cash" — are deliberate wordplay intended to signal the note's non-legal status without relying solely on the "FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY" overprint that U.S. law requires on paper facsimiles of federal currency.
That legal requirement stems from 18 U.S.C. § 474, which prohibits reproductions of U.S. currency unless they differ substantially in size or carry an unambiguous disclaimer — this note satisfies both conditions.