It's not the same as having a license to print real money, but the website PrintablePlayMoney.net has lots of play money to download and print for free.
"The pretend money at PrintablePlayMoney.net is perfect for everything from teaching school lessons to replacing missing board game elements," said Kevin Savetz, the site's creator. "There are more than 200 bill and coin variations, along with printable checks, credit cards and worksheets."
The site has colorful bills, realistic coins and "do it yourself" money that users can add a photo or other artwork to after printing.
There are new black-and-white bills to color in, including a Harriet Tubman $20 bill. PrintablePlayMoney.net also has new colorable pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters.
Also new are worksheets for adding up the values of coins. The site also has classroom currency that can be used for reward systems.
PrintablePlayMoney.net also has Canadian coins and specialty coins such as Kennedy half dollars, Sacagawea dollar coins and realistic old nickels.
Other printables include novelty giant and small bills.
Everything at PrintablePlayMoney.net is free and downloads instantly in PDF format.
"Whether you're teaching kids or just playing store, you'll find the play money you need at PrintablePlayMoney.net," Savetz said.
There are more than 100 sites in the FreePrintable.net family of free printables sites created by Savetz Publishing, Inc., a company devoted to creating useful and informative web sites of interest to consumers and small businesses.