Printable play money
Bills and coins for the classroom shop.
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Example
A second-grade classroom store: five of each bill and ten of each coin, to colour in
For a money unit, a second-grade class runs a store with price tags. The teacher chooses US dollars, Bills and coins, “5” of each bill (so ten of each coin), “Outlines to colour in” and US Letter, and prints on card stock.
- The children colour the outlines first: every bill says PLAY MONEY across it and is printed on one side only.
- A pencil at $1.65 paid with $5 gives $3.35 in change: three $1 bills, a 25¢ and a 10¢. Ten of each coin is enough to make change many times over.
- With “2” of each bill the set is 3 pages, with “10” it is 8 pages (60 bills, 80 coins).
| What prints | How many | Pages | Face value |
|---|---|---|---|
| $1, $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100 bills | 5 of each, 30 bills | 3 (ten 88 × 44 mm bills a page) | $930 |
| 1¢, 5¢, 10¢ and 25¢ coins | 10 of each, 40 coins | 1 (up to 48 a page) | $4.10 |
| Everything | 70 pieces | 4 | $934.10 |
play-money.pdf, four Letter pages: three of bills, one of coins, with cutting lines. On the free plan a small line with our name is printed at the foot of the last page.
How it works
- Choose the currency.
- Choose bills, coins or both, and how many of each.
- Download and print, on card for coins that last.
- Cut along the lines.
Frequently asked questions
- Which values are there?
- In dollars: $1, $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100 bills and 1¢, 5¢, 10¢ and 25¢ coins. Other currencies have their own sets — euros, for instance, €5 to €200 notes and 1 cent to €2 coins.
- Does it look like real money?
- No, on purpose. Each bill is 88 × 44 mm, printed on one side, with our own simple design and PLAY MONEY across it, so it cannot be taken for a real banknote.
- How many fit on a page?
- Ten bills or 48 coins to a page, and there are twice as many of each coin as of each bill.
- How many pages will it print?
- In US dollars, bills and coins: 2 pages with 1 of each bill, 3 pages with 2 (the default: 12 bills and 16 coins), 4 pages with 5, and 8 pages with 10. Bills fill ten to a page in order of value; coins go 48 to a page, twice as many of each as of each bill.
- Can the children colour them in?
- Yes: choose Colours → “Outlines to colour in”. The bills and coins print as black outlines with their values and PLAY MONEY, and use far less ink than the colour version.
- Is anything uploaded?
- No. The sheet is made in your browser. On the free plan a small line with our name is printed at the foot of the last page.
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