Template:Non-free currency-UK

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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. FCA5132, which needs to be renewed annually. The next renewal of permission is due on 6 April 2016.

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