Commons:US Banknote Contest/2019

The2019 US Banknote Contestis a cross-wiki collaboration focused on images ofUnited States banknotes.The contest will ran from November 1 to December 31.

How to participate

All are invited to participate in the US Banknote Contest.

To participate, add your username to thelistand follow the instructions on theworklist page.

Uploading/importing images

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

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

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

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

Rules

Scoring

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

Imported images

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

Multipliers

x2 if the image is used in an article at the time of import.
x5 if it is afeatured pictureon its original wiki at the time of import.
x10 if it becomes afeatured pictureonWikimedia Commons.
x10 if it has appeared or is scheduled to appear on the main page of anyWikimedia project.
- x20 if that project is Wikimedia Commons or one of thetop 10 Wikipedias.

New images

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

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

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

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 centuryand1890-91)
- 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 banknotesdo not count)
- Texas dollar banknotes
- Puerto Rican dollar banknotes(1898–1913 issues only)
- Banknotes of thefree banking era
- Anylocal currencycirculated before 1924.
It must be free:
- 2D scans ofofficialdenominations 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;
- isreplacement banknote(a.k.a. star note);
- is acounterfeit(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 asHawaii overprint notes).
It must not be digitally altered in any way.