Image:Britishcoins.jpg

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Non-free / fair use media rationale for Pound sterling
Description

The various British Coins: 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1, £2.
Source

Self-created by User:Sorry about your dog
Article

Pound sterling
Portion used

Only fronts of coins, just enough for identification
Low resolution?

Yes - reduced even further by User:Dancraggs from original image
Purpose of use

Pictoral reference of British coinery, as commonly seen in paper encyclopaedias
Replaceable?

No other alternative. Coins are coins, and any image to depict them will include them.

The various British Coins: 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1, £2.

Note that it is the effigies on the images on the coins which are under Crown Copyright; the copyright of the photograph is not.

The use here is insubstantial and falls with what is permitted under fair use.

Copyrighted 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.

Additional legal restrictions outside of copyright law including laws regarding counterfeiting may also apply, particularly when this image is used in printed form. Bank of England notes are reproduced by permission, ref. FCA/9292B, which needs to be renewed annually.

To the uploader: please add a detailed fair use rationale for each use, as described on Wikipedia:Image description page, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.

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Date/TimeDimensionsUserComment
current16:59, 10 February 20081,000×510 (126 KB)Dancraggs (Talk | contribs) (Uploading equalised, clearer version)
23:36, 8 July 20051,476×876 (129 KB)Sorry about your dog (Talk | contribs) (The various British Coins: 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1, £2.)

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Orientation Normal
Horizontal resolution 300 dpi
Vertical resolution 300 dpi
Software used Adobe Photoshop CS2 Windows
File change date and time 16:56, 10 February 2008
Color space sRGB