Breaking the law is the crime of counterfeiting money. The crime of counterfeiting currency refers to the act of illegally manufacturing counterfeit currency by imitating the denomination, pattern, color, texture, style and specification of RMB or foreign currency in various ways, and pretending to be real currency. The object of the crime of counterfeiting currency can only be currency. The so-called currency refers to special things that have compulsory traffic force, represent a certain value and serve as a means of payment in China, including coins and paper money.

1June 30, 995, the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC)'s Decision on Punishing Crimes of Disrupting Financial Order (hereinafter referred to as the "Decision") made it clear that the currency range includes RMB and foreign currency. In 2000, the Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court on Several Issues Concerning the Specific Application of Laws in the Trial of Cases of Counterfeiting Currency (hereinafter referred to as the Interpretation) stipulated that the currency here refers to RMB and foreign currency that can be circulated or exchanged in the domestic market. Compared with the Decision, the currency range in the Interpretation is obviously narrower. According to the explanation, only foreign currencies that can be exchanged on the mainland can be the object of the crime of counterfeiting money. At present, foreign currencies that can be exchanged include US dollars, British pounds, Japanese yen, and euros. Therefore, counterfeiting foreign currency that can circulate in the domestic market can constitute the crime of counterfeiting currency.