INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES

Currency is considered one of the most important means of dealing or exchange that man has known since ancient times, as it constitutes the backbone and main artery of the economy of any country. Being the primary means of dealing between people, it is necessary that it be a subject of their trust and reassurance so that they deal with it while being certain that it represents the truth of the matter. In terms of its nature and in terms of its value. This is so that the currency can play the important economic role assigned to it, the scope of which has extended from the regional sphere to the external level, where the currency has become a means of economic cooperation between countries. Given this importance of the currency, breach of confidence in it threatens the state’s interest in maintaining the strength of its economic entity and the solidity of its credit, in addition to harming the interests of individuals who lose their money in exchange for a worthless currency. Therefore, the legislator intervened and surrounded confidence in the currency with a fence of protection represented by the criminalization of those acts that change the currency. From its reality, as well as other actions related to that. The crime of counterfeiting is considered one of the dangerous crimes internally and externally. We have studied the means of constitutional and legal protection internally and how to punish the perpetrator of the crime of counterfeiting with the harshest penalties and make it a felony in order to reduce the risk of committing it, as it may be counterfeited by individuals, associations, or internal or external gangs. In this study, we reviewed (the concept of currency) in the first section and divided it into two topics. In the first, we dealt with (the definition of currency linguistically and legally). As for the second, we discussed (the concept of currency according to economists and jurists), and in the second section, we dealt with (the means of legislative and administrative protection of currency) and divided it. It is divided into two requirements: in the first requirement, means of legislative protection for currency, in second requirement, means of administrative protection for the currency, and in the third section (means of technical and social protection for the currency). We divided it into two demands: in the first requirement, means of technical protection for the currency, and in the second, means of social protection for the currency ((informing the public about characteristics of counterfeit currency). And the correct one)) We concluded this thesis with a conclusion and suggestions.

Keywords: Constitution; Currency; Crimes; Dangerous; Protection