File:BritishOneNewPenny.jpg
Summary
Edit of Image:British coin 1p (2000).jpg
UK Copyright Law for Coins
Despite the robot boilerplate, the display of any British coin’s image on Wikipedia appears to clearly fall within the copyright guidelines of the Royal Mint.
| “ | Guidelines on the use of United Kingdom coin designs… Copyright for designs and images of United Kingdom decimal coins subsists in the Crown. Authority has been delegated by the Crown to the Royal Mint. The Royal Mint is responsible for authorising the use of coinage design and the reproduction of images of UK coins. The flat form reproduction of a coin for use in advertisements or other promotional literature is normally permissible, providing the coin is reproduced in a faithful likeness and shown in good taste. The Royal Mint does not presume to be the arbiters of good taste, but relies on the good sense of the advertisers themselves. The stipulation that coins should be reproduced in a faithful likeness is made to prevent part of the coinage design being used out of context. However, showing part or a segment of a coin will usually be acceptable, providing the image is used in good taste and is clearly recognisable as depicting part of a coin. |
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Licensing
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This image depicts a currently circulating unit of currency or similar official monetary token. Some currency designs are ineligible for copyright and are in the public domain. Others are copyrighted. This restriction tag has been placed because currency designs and images of them may be subject to additional legal restrictions outside of copyright law including laws regarding counterfeiting, which may also apply, particularly when this image is used in printed form. |
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This image depicts a British unit of currency. This work is protected by British Crown copyright, or in the case of banknotes is copyrighted by the issuing bank. The use of this image on Wikipedia is contended to be fair use when they are used for the purposes of commentary or criticism relating to the image of the currency itself. Any other usage, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information. Caution: Under the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 (section 18 (1)) it is an offence for any person, unless the relevant authority has previously consented in writing, to reproduce on any substance whatsoever, and whether or not on the correct scale, any British currency note or any part of a British currency note. Reproductions on Wikipedia of Bank of England currency notes are made by permission of the Bank of England, ref. FCA4754, which needs to be renewed annually. The next renewal of permission is due on 7 April 2014. |
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| Description |
British One New Penny |
| Source |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:British_coin_1p_%282000%29.jpg |
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| Portion used |
One side |
| Low resolution? |
Yes |
| Purpose of use |
To illustrate the reverse side of British One New Penny |
| Replaceable? |
Yes |
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This image does not meet Wikipedia's non-free content policy. The image needs a separate fair-use rationale for each article that links to (or names) the article it is used in. An explanation of how to do this can be found at Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline – the easiest way to add a fair-use rationale is with a template such as {{ non-free use rationale}}. If this is not fixed within a week, the image will be removed from any articles without a proper rationale.Please remove this tag once the problem is fixed. This image does not have an adequate rationale for the following article(s):
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