Commons:US Banknote Contest/2019

The 2019 US Banknote Contest is a cross-wiki collaboration focused on images of United States banknotes. The contest will ran from November 1 to December 31.

How to participate[edit]

All are invited to participate in the US Banknote Contest.

To participate, add your username to the list and follow the instructions on the worklist page.

Uploading/importing images[edit]

To upload images for this contest, use the contest's campaign page.

Remember to use the proper licence tag and to add your images to the proper categories. See the guide to license tags and the guide to categorization.

A list of online sources where you can find scans of US banknotes can be found here.

To import images from other wikis to Commons, activate the FileExporter beta feature in your preferences on that wiki and follow these instructions.

Rules[edit]

Scoring[edit]

Participants earn points for uploading images of United States banknotes. Images are scored as follows:

Imported images[edit]

Each imported image is worth 5 points times the sum of any applicable multipliers.

Multipliers[edit]

x2 if the image is used in an article at the time of import.
x5 if it is a featured picture on its original wiki at the time of import.
x10 if it becomes a featured picture on Wikimedia Commons.
x10 if it has appeared or is scheduled to appear on the main page of any Wikimedia project.
- x20 if that project is Wikimedia Commons or one of the top 10 Wikipedias.

New images[edit]

Each new image is worth 5 points times the sum of any applicable multipliers.

Images that feature both the obverse and reverse of a banknote are worth double points.

Multipliers[edit]

x5 tf the image is promoted to featured picture status on any Wikimedia project.
- x10 if that project is Wikimedia Commons or one of the top 10 Wikipedias.
x10 if it has appeared or is scheduled to appear on the main page of any Wikimedia project.
- x20 if that project is Wikimedia Commons or one of the top 10 Wikipedias.

Eligible images[edit]

In order for an image to be counted and scored in this contest, it must meet the following criteria (see examples):

It must be a 2D scan of any United States banknote listed below (if it's not listed, it's not allowed):
- Continental currency banknotes
- Treasury Notes (19th century and 1890-91)
- Demand Notes
- United States Notes
- Fractional currency notes
- Interest bearing notes
- Compound interest treasury notes
- Gold certificates
- National Bank Notes
- National gold bank notes
- Silver certificates
- Refunding Certificates
- United States postal notes
- Federal Reserve Bank Notes
- Federal Reserve Notes
- Military payment certificates
- Confederate States dollar banknotes
- "American Period" Philippine peso banknotes (1903–1946 issues only, Japanese-issued occupation banknotes do not count)
- Texas dollar banknotes
- Puerto Rican dollar banknotes (1898–1913 issues only)
- Banknotes of the free banking era
- Any local currency circulated before 1924.
It must be free:
- 2D scans of official denominations US currency of are not eligible for copyright.
- Works originally published before 1924 are on the public domain (this includes banknotes).
- Otherwise, the work is on the public domain if it was created in the United States and the creator has been dead for 70 years.
It must not be a duplicate of a series/variety that is already on commons unless;
- the depicted banknote has a printing error;
- is replacement banknote (a.k.a. star note);
- is a counterfeit (reproductions made for numismatic or educational purposes or as novelties do not count);
- or is noticeably less worn/damaged than the banknote in the existing image.
- it has a historically significant modification (such as Hawaii overprint notes).
It must not be digitally altered in any way.