The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1913" class="extiw" title="en:1913">1913</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Head_nickel" class="extiw" title="en:Liberty Head nickel">Liberty Head nickel</a> (Eliasberg specimen). This photo was provided by Superior Galleries for promotional purposes, and was taken from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.coinfacts.com/nickels/liberty_head_nickels/1913_liberty_head_five_cents.htm">CoinFacts.com</a>. As a U.S. coin, the design is in the public domain, and per <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:IUP" class="extiw" title="en:WP:IUP">WP:IUP</a>: "<i>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.</i>" 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.
The original uploader was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Crotalus_horridus" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:User:Crotalus horridus">Crotalus horridus</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:">English Wikipedia</a>.
4 February 2006 (original upload date)
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