Beschreibung1804 Silver Dollar - Class I - US Mint Specimen Reverse.jpg
English: 1804 Silver Dollar - Class I - US Mint Specimen Obverse.
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It is derived from an scan from coinfacts.com. [1] Image was given to coinfacts.com by the Smithsonian Institute.
The coin design is in the public domain, and, per w:WP:IUP: Also note that in the United States, reproductions of two-dimensional artwork which is in the public domain because of age do not generate a new copyright — for example, a straight-on photograph of the Mona Lisa would not be considered copyrighted (see Bridgeman v. Corel). Scans of images alone do not generate new copyrights — they merely inherit the copyright status of the image they are reproducing." Since this is simply a straight-on photo or scan, with no creative aspect involved, it should not be subject to copyright as per this precedent.
As listed by the the U.S. Currency Education Program at money illustrations, the Counterfeit Detection Act of 1992, Public Law 102-550, in Section 411 of Title 31 of the Code of Federal Regulations (31 CFR 411), 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. Certain coins contain copyrights licensed to the U.S. Mint and owned by third parties or assigned to and owned by the U.S. Mint [2]. For the United States Mint circulating coin design use policy, see [3]; for the policy on the 50 State Quarters, see [4].
1804 Silver Dollar - Class I - US Mint Specimen Obverse. It is derived from an scan from coinfacts.com. [http://www.coinfacts.com/silver_dollars/1804_dollars/mint_1804_silver_dollar_class1.htm] Image was given to coinfacts.com by the Smithsonian Institut