Template talk:Non-free currency

Copyrighted currency?
I tried Google and I looked through more Wikipedia talk page archives than I can count but I couldn't find any discussion anywhere about images of currency being copyrighted and only being usable under fair use. Can someone educate me on this? US currency seems to be copyright free; are there countries where this is not the case and their money possesses a copyright enforceable under US law?

I would try asking the creator of this template but he seems to have, um, broken up with Wikipedia. — GT 21:28, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Please see commons:Commons:Deletion requests/Irish money for an example of money that (IMHO) possesses a copyright enforceable under US law. Also, User:Quadell wrote "It's good to be back" in this edit and appears to still be back, so that user may be amenable to being asked.    — Jeff G. (talk&#124;contribs) 20:50, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

TfD nomination of Template:Linkimage
Template:Linkimage has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. — Jeff G. (talk&#124;contribs) 23:21, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

This template is screwed up.
Does it really make sense to have a template that's ambiguous about whether the item it applies to is public domain or free, yet categorizing it into non-free media like other fair use templates? —Random832 18:54, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Documentation
The documentation for this template really needs to include guidelines for when it should be applied. I have started the documentation page for this template with guidelines on how to evaluate copyright issues with images of currency. If anyone happens to know the copyright rules for currency not listed there, and can provide a source, please add it to the documentation. —Tim Pierce (talk) 13:51, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

Unit of currency
A dollar is a pretty abstract thing; wouldn't it be better to say "This image depicts a banknote or coin" ? A Canadian $20 bill is 20 units of Canadian currency. I suppose it's a unit in the sense that it's one piece...a tooney must have both pieces to be considered a valid coin, though the individual pieces aren't $1 units. --Wtshymanski (talk) 15:37, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Is this for free or unfree files?
The name is "Non-free currency" but is says "Some currency designs are ineligible for copyright and are in the public domain. ..." and there is no Non-free media in this template. If this template is to be used on non-free currency then why is it not designed like other "non-free xxx"-templates?

However, if this template can also be used on free currency then the name should be changed. --MGA73 (talk) 22:08, 15 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Should be for non-free ones only I'd say, there are several other currency tags in Category:Currency copyright tags for use where appropriate. If I recall the use of this is rater a huge mess though. Historically it used to be just Money slapped indiscriminately on everything, so if anyone feels called to do some cleanup I'm sure there is some work to be done here... --Sherool (talk) 20:28, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Replace instances of with
See AutoWikiBrowser/Tasks.  Snowolf How can I help? 20:09, 21 December 2011 (UTC)