This file is most likely NOT in the public domain. It will be deleted in due course if it is not found to be in the public domain.
This file was previously considered to be in the public domain as a German unit of currency; it is possible that it is in the public domain for other reasons, in which case a new rationale will be applied. See below for the previous rationale.
Previous public domain rationale, no longer applicable
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Public domain
This image depicts a unit of currency issued by Germany. It is believed to be in the public domain (under § 5 Abs.1 UrhG) as an official work issued by a German federal or state authority, or by a predecessor state.
Questo file, in parte o nella sua totalità, è una rappresentazione di un'unità di valuta.
Anche se il file è nel pubblico dominio o comunque non è soggetto a restrizioni del diritto d'autore, il suo uso può essere limitato da altre norme legali oltre l'ambito autorale.
Article 5. Works not Attributed to the Subject Matter of Copyright
Copyright shall not apply to:
1) ideas, procedures, processes, systems, methods of operation, concepts, principles, discoveries or mere data;
2) legal acts, official documents texts of administrative, legal or regulative nature (decisions, rulings, regulations, norms, territorial planning and other official documents), as well as their official translations;
3) official State symbols and insignia (flags, coat-of-arms, anthems, banknote designs, and other State symbols and insignia) the protection of which is regulated by other legal acts;
4) officially registered drafts of legal acts;
5) regular information reports on events;
6) folklore works.
Hence it is assumed that this image has been released into the public domain. However, in some instances the use of this image might be regulated by other laws.
