Alas, there’s no such thing as a legal license to print money. But there’s a creative license to print fanciful replicas of money that people might want to possess almost as much as they do the spendable kind.

Ask Bob Bednar, who’s been promoting the concept for more than 25 years with a line of printed specialty items that he calls Banknotables.

Banknotables are commemorative portraits that closely resemble paper currency. Because Banknotables can’t be exchanged in transactions the way real legal tender is used, Bednar’s painstaking renderings have no intrinsic value from a financial standpoint. But they can bring in real money as fundraising incentives, collectibles, and gifts—the purposes for which Bednar produces and markets them.