The above image depicts the common face of a euro coin.
According to the Communication from the Commission on copyright protection of the common face design of the euro coins (OJ C 318, 13.11.2001, p. 3):
- The copyright on the design of the common face of euro coins belongs to the European Community (now the European Union) represented by the European Commission. The Commission assigns to each eurozone state all of the EU's copyrights as regards euro coins in that state's territory.
- Reproduction in photographic form of the common face of euro coins is permitted by the Commission and by each eurozone state, provided that such reproductions are "faithful likeness and are used in ways which do not damage or detract from the image of the euro."
It is believed that the use of a photograph of a euro coin which retains an exact depiction of that coin, for the purpose of illustrating what the coin looks like is consistent which the licence detailed in the above Communication.
This is a non-free license for the purpose of Wikipedia. However, it is believed that the use of this work:
- To illustrate the object in question
- Where no free equivalent is available or could be created that would adequately give the same information
- On the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,
qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:Copyrights.
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