Is it legal to print specimen €5 note on flyer?

Canonfan · 18-09-2017 05:06PM #1

Thank you all in advance.

I'm offering mobile phone and laptop repair service so I'd like to add €5 note onto the flyer and in hope of attracting customers.

Am I allowed to do it?

Gloomtastic! · 18-09-2017 05:21PM

Can't see anything about this on the Central Bank website. But if you add Specimen - like your attached image, then you should be fine.

I spotted on the Bank of England website that swatches of notes i.e. Not the full face of a banknote is acceptable without the Specimen watermark.

2Mad2BeMad · 18-09-2017 05:46PM

that would make me pick it up then throw it away once I realized :P

tricky D · 18-09-2017 06:23PM

You should be fine, but to be sure, use it at >20% bigger or smaller than the actual note size. I would also tend to use around half the note in the graphic design, partly because of what the previous poster said.

EndaHonesty · 18-09-2017 06:31PM

Canonfan wrote: »

Thank you all in advance.

I'm offering mobile phone and laptop repair service so I'd like to add €5 note onto the flyer and in hope of attracting customers.

Am I allowed to do it?

As long as reproductions in advertising or illustrations cannot be mistaken for genuine banknotes they can be used without prior authorisation of the ECB.

https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/banknotes/images/html/index.en.html

Canonfan · 18-09-2017 07:14PM

Thanks to all, i really appreciate your help.

Is it legal to print specimen €5 note on flyer?

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