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Artist James Boggs, 32, who made his mark in this country by reproducing larger-than-life pictures of U.S. currency, isn’t having the same success with the British. Boggs appeared in a London criminal court Monday on charges of illegally reproducing British pounds, after police seized four larger-than-life pictures of 10, 5 and 1 notes from an exhibition of Boggs’ work in October 1986. Legal experts described it as a rare private prosecution by the Bank of England, which stressed in court that Boggs was not viewed as a criminal forger or counterfeiter. However, English law prohibits reproducing a currency note or part of a currency note without permission from the Bank of England, regardless of whether the copies are in the correct scale or on the right paper. Boggs faces a fine if found guilty. The case was expected to last several days.