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what is 'K' in U.S.Curreny?

Currency may be reproduced for illustrative purposes if certain restrictions are met, per the U.S. Secret Service web site [1]

  * What are the rules for the printing, publishing and illustration of U.S. currency?

    The Counterfeit Detection Act of 1992, Public Law 102-550, in Section 411 of Title 31 of the Code of Federal Regulations, permits color illustrations of U.S. currency, provided:
       1. The illustration is of a size less than three-fourths or more than one and one-half, in linear dimension, of each part of the item illustrated
       2. The illustration is one-sided and
       3. All negatives, plates, positives, digitized storage medium, graphic files, magnetic medium, optical storage devices, and any other thing used in the making of the illustration that contain an image of the illustration or any part thereof are destroyed and/or deleted or erased after their final use

    Title 18, United States Code, Section 504 permits black and white reproductions of currency and other obligations, provided such reproductions meet the size requirement. See the section on this website entitled Know Your Money for more information.