File:British money coins.jpg
British_money_coins.jpg (226 × 319 pixels, file size: 18 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
| Description |
The front of all the British Pound sterling coin denominations, excluding £2, before the change in design in 2008 |
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| Source |
https://24carat.co.uk/frame.php?url=2008emblemsofbritainsets.php |
| Article | |
| Portion used |
Cropped from the top image on https://24carat.co.uk/frame.php?url=2008emblemsofbritainsets.php |
| Low resolution? | |
| Purpose of use |
Used only to depict the coin in question on its Wikipedia page |
| Replaceable? |
No |
| Other information |
Rationale also applies to use in List of British bank notes and coins |
| Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Coins of the pound sterling//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:British_money_coins.jpgtrue | |
 | The Copyright in designs and images of UK decimal currency is held by the Crown, and it is by authority delegated to it that the Royal Mint authorises the use and reproduction of such designs.
Reproduction of UK coin designs on Wikipedia is considered to fall within the copyright guidelines of the Royal Mint, provided that the coin design are reproduced faithfully in an appropriate context. This is NOT a licence tag, and all images of United Kingdom decimal currency should be accompanied with an appropriate licence tag and Non-free use rationale. Usually, it is a Crown copyright. In such situation, the copyright term is 50 years, starting from its original issue year. This tag should not be used for images of United Kingdom banknotes |
 | 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. |  |
 | This image depicts a British unit of currency. This work is protected by the 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 it is used for the purposes of commentary or criticism relating to the image of the currency itself. Any other uses of the British type of currency, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information. Caution: Independent of British copyright legislation, under the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981, Chapter 45, Section 18(1) [1], "It is [a criminal] offence for any person [resident in the United Kingdom], 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." Wikipedia has permission to use images created by the Governor and Company of the Bank of England of banknotes or other currency notes of the Bank without the need for separate licensing authorisations. This only applies to images of such banknotes created by the Bank of England itself. Separate permissions and licences would need to be sought separately from the Lloyds Banking Group (on behalf of the Bank of Scotland), the Royal Bank of Scotland, Clydesdale Bank, the Bank of Ireland (Northern Ireland), the First Trust Bank, Danske Bank (Northern Ireland) and Ulster Bank. |  |
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| current | 19:13, 8 May 2008 | | 226 × 319 (18 KB) | Mc95 (talk | contribs) |
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