Commons:Deletion requests/Files found with deepcat:"50 State Quarters"

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Reverse designs of the 50 State Quarters designed by AIP contractors

This DR is equivalent to "Deletion requests/Files in Category:50 State quarter (Nebraska), Category:50 State quarter (Colorado), Category:50 State quarter (North Dakota), Category:50 State quarter (South Dakota), Category:50 State quarter (Montana), Category:50 State quarter (Washington), Category:50 State quarter (Idaho), and Category:50 State quarter (Wyoming)". The reverse designs of these coins were all designed by AIP contractors, as you can see from each coin's page here and, in the case of Montana, here. For reasons explained at Commons:Determining if U.S. coins are free to use#Coins designed by Artistic Infusion Program contractors are not freely usable, coins designed by Artistic Infusion Program contractors are not freely usable. For more information on the copyright status of the 50 State Quarters, please see User:Mysterymanblue/U.S. Coins with known copyright statuses#50 State Quarters.

The United States mint has a policy allowing the public's use of the 50 state quarters, but this policy is revocable and it possibly allows for the mint to restrict use that is "inconsistent with the Congressional findings and purposes of the 50 States Commemorative Coin Program Act or with other applicable laws". This does not meet Wikimedia Commons' definition of a free license, and therefore the files should be deleted.

• File:2006 SD Proof.png
• File:MT winner.gif
• File:WA winner.gif
• File:WY winner.gif
• File:North Dakota quarter, reverse side, 2006.jpg
• File:Colorado quarter, reverse side, 2006.jpg
• File:2006 CO Proof.png
• File:Montana quarter, reverse side, 2007.png
• File:2007 WA Proof.png
• File:2006 NE Proof.png
• File:2007 ID Proof Rev.png
• File:2007 WY Proof Rev.png
• File:Idaho quarter, reverse side, 2007.jpg
• File:2006 ND Proof.png
• File:Nebraska quarter, reverse side, 2006.jpg
• File:2007 WY Proof Rev.jpg
• File:A coin of Idaho.jpg
• File:South Dakota quarter, reverse side, 2006.jpg
• File:ID winner.gif
• File:Washington quarter, reverse side, 2007.jpg

 Mysterymanblue  19:29, 3 July 2021 (UTC)

• File:All US 50 State Quarters.png, included in this DR from Commons:Deletion requests/File:All US 50 State Quarters.png . Should be deleted or kept depending of the decision about above list. Ellywa (talk) 18:10, 29 January 2022 (UTC)

Comment I think it is prudent for me to clarify that this only applies to the reverse designs of the state quarters for these 7 8 states.  Mysterymanblue  19:40, 3 July 2021 (UTC)

Correction: 8 states.  Mysterymanblue  19:51, 3 July 2021 (UTC)

• Keep all No indication that the US Mint is claiming copyright on these coins or that these images may not be used here. These must not be deleted without appropriate reuploading first. Reywas92 (talk) 04:17, 9 July 2021 (UTC)
• Comment I have posted this discussion to Commons:Village pump/Copyright#U.S. coin related deletion discussions. Central discussion there may be more valuable and less time-consuming than discussions at each of the DR pages relating to this topic.  Mysterymanblue  05:44, 17 July 2021 (UTC)

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Deleted: Per nomination including the essay Commons:Determining if U.S. coins are free to use. The terms of use on the website of the US Mint state ‘’Coin and medal designs may be based on sources that are copyrighted and licensed to the United States Mint or otherwise used with permission. In some cases, such designs may themselves be covered by third-party copyrights assigned to the United States Mint. Numismatic designs may also contain third parties’ other proprietary material, trademarks, or logos licensed or provided to the United States Mint for limited purposes. Reuse of such designs may require permission of the rights owner.’’ There is a possibility these coins are copyrighted. Consequently, the uploader – or any other Commons user - has to show per COM:EVID that the image can be used with an acceptable licence. This has imho not been done in this case. So therefore these images must be deleted. --Ellywa (talk) 22:29, 2 February 2022 (UTC)