User:Liuxinyu970226/Renminbi status

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Backgrounds

For several decades, most likely just from the date the People's Republic of China had founded, 1 January 1949, peoples were, and are still, asking (and probably original research-like answering) questions in regard to the copyright status of RENMINBI (currency symbol ¥, ISO 4217 code CNY).

The People's Bank of China, hereafter the PBC, is assumed for many years, probably some decades recently, by de jure the copyright holder of Renminbi series, as they have the right to release Renminbi copies to every economical banks for deposit, invests, developments, and so on... There were some claims that CBPMC might also be one of holders, but there's no strong evidence to identify this claim, as CBPMC is just the printer of Renminbi, not releaser, and hence they don't have publishing rights in any galances, under any circumstances.

Per {{PD-PRC}}, works of legal-persons are copyrighted for 50 years since the first publication (if not published, the completion date of creation), after that they are entering public domain in PRC, as for photographs (of them, sure), they are likely copyrighted for 50 years pma, unless already entered public domain before 1 January 2021.

However as I'm surprised in the recent months, that for not more than two years ago, there were some users claim these panoramas that Renminbi should always be public domain currencies regareless of the periods above:

• Case 1: Management Measures for the Use of RMB Patterns lists only usage limits on the "administrative laws", such limits are non-copyright restrictions and {{Currency}} template already warned the remote users on them, such limits are very like limits provided by trademark law where it prohibits trademark registration of national flags, either of the PRC, or foreign flags;
• Case 2 (same linked as case 1): Renminbi patterns are listed within the Public Notice of the People's Bank of China No.2019(4) published by their Currency Gold and Silver Bureau, if we consider the Public Notice are public domain, then such currency patterns are also public domain[citation needed].
• Case 3: Chinese government defined currency-related criminals in 1979, but only defined copyrights in 1991 (lol, so anything 1949-1991 in PRC are totally public domain?)

When should they enter public domain?

As there are still lack of evidences on why they are always public domain regareless of periods of publications, I assume:

1st series of Renminbi (第一套人民币)

Par values	publication ver.	PD-PRC in...	PD-US in...	Can I upload to Commons? Or are these images keep-able for these already uploaded?
1¥ (1元/壹圆)	10 January 1949	1 January 2000	1 January 2045	Unsure, due to COM:URAA
	August 1949
5¥ (5元/伍圆)	23 February 1949
	10 January 1949
	10 July 1949
	August 1949
10¥ (10元/拾圆)	1 December 1948	1 January 1999	1 January 2044
	23 February 1949	1 January 2000	1 January 2045
	25 May 1949
	August 1949
20¥ (20元/贰拾圆)	1 December 1948	1 January 1999	1 January 2044
	23 February 1949	1 January 2000	1 January 2045
	July 1949
	August 1949 a.
	August 1949 b.
	September 1949
	October 1949
50¥ (50元/伍拾圆)	1 December 1948	1 January 1999	1 January 2044
	10 February 1949	1 January 2000	1 January 2045
	10 June 1949
	August 1949
	20 March 1949 a.
	3 October 1949
	20 March 1949 b.
100¥ (100元/壹佰圆)	10 January 1949
	5 February 1949 a.
	5 February 1949 b.
	20 March 1949 a.
	25 March 1949
	July 1949
	August 1949
	5 November 1949
	20 March 1949 b.
	20 January 1950	1 January 2001	1 January 2046
200¥ (200元/贰佰圆)	20 March 1949	1 January 2000	1 January 2045
	8 May 1949
	August 1949
	September 1949
	20 October 1949
500¥ (500元/伍佰圆)	10 September 1949 a.
	10 September 1949 b.
	3 October 1949
	20 October 1949
	1 April 1951	1 January 2002	1 January 2047
	1 October 1951
1000¥ (1000元/壹仟圆)	11 September 1949	1 January 2000	1 January 2045
	3 October 1949
	15 November 1949
	23 December 1949
	20 January 1950	1 January 2001	1 January 2046
	1 October 1951	1 January 2002	1 January 2047
5000¥ (5000元/伍仟圆)	20 January 1950 a.	1 January 2001	1 January 2046
	20 January 1950 b.
	17 May 1951	1 January 2002	1 January 2047
	1 October 1951
	25 September 1953	1 January 2004	1 January 2049
10000¥ (10000元/壹萬圆)	20 January 1950 a.	1 January 2001	1 January 2046
	20 January 1950 b.
	17 May 1951	1 January 2002	1 January 2047
	1 October 1951
50000¥ (50000元/伍萬圆)	December 1953 a.	1 January 2004	1 January 2049
	December 1953 b.

2nd series of Renminbi (第二套人民币)

Par values	publication ver.	PD-PRC in...	PD-US in...	Can I upload to Commons? Or are these images keep-able for these already uploaded?
Paper banknotes (纸币)
0.01¥ (1分/壹分)	1 March 1955	1 January 2006	1 January 2051	Unsure, due to COM:URAA
0.02¥ (2分/贰分)	1 March 1955
0.05¥ (5分/伍分)	1 March 1955
0.10¥ (1角/壹角)	1 March 1955
0.20¥ (2角/贰角)	1 March 1955
0.50¥ (5角/伍角)	1 March 1955
1¥ (1元/壹圆)	1 March 1955
	25 March 1961	1 January 2012	1 January 2057
2¥ (2元/贰圆)	1 March 1955	1 January 2006	1 January 2051
3¥ (3元/叁圆)	1 March 1955
5¥ (5元/伍圆)	1 March 1955
	20 April 1962	1 January 2013	1 January 2058
10¥ (10元/拾圆)	1 December 1957	1 January 2008	1 January 2053
Coins (硬币)
0.01¥ (1分/壹分)	1 December 1957	1 January 2008	1 January 2053	Unsure, due to COM:URAA
0.02¥ (2分/贰分)	1 December 1957
0.05¥ (5分/伍分)	1 December 1957

3rd series of Renminbi (第三套人民币)

Par values	publication ver.	PD-PRC in...	PD-US in...	Can I upload to Commons? Or are these images keep-able for these already uploaded?
Paper banknotes (纸币)
0.10¥ (1角/壹角)	20 April 1962 (image n/a)	1 January 2013	1 January 2058	Unsure, due to COM:URAA
	10 January 1966	1 January 2017	1 January 2062
	15 December 1967	1 January 2018	1 January 2063
0.20¥ (2角/贰角)	15 April 1964	1 January 2015	1 January 2060
0.50¥ (5角/伍角)	5 January 1974	1 January 2025	1 January 2070	Not OK, this is assumed copyrighted in both PRC and the United States (are you really sure PD-USGov may apply to them?)
1¥ (1元/壹圆)	20 October 1969	1 January 2020	1 January 2065	Unsure, due to COM:URAA
2¥ (2元/贰圆)	15 April 1964	1 January 2015	1 January 2060
5¥ (5元/伍圆)	20 October 1969	1 January 2020	1 January 2065
10¥ (10元/拾圆)	10 January 1966	1 January 2017	1 January 2062
Coins (硬币)
0.10¥ (1角/壹角)	15 April 1980	1 January 2031	Already?	Not OK, they are all assumed copyrighted in PRC (though I'm not sure whether they could enter PD-US, their release weren't having notices I'm sure, but still unsure about whether "subsequent registration within 5 years")
0.20¥ (2角/贰角)	15 April 1980
0.50¥ (5角/伍角)	15 April 1980
1¥ (1元/壹圆)	15 April 1980

4th series of Renminbi (第四套人民币)

Par values	publication ver.	PD-PRC in...	PD-US in...	Can I upload to Commons? Or are these images keep-able for these already uploaded?
Paper banknotes (纸币)
0.10¥ (1角/壹角)	22 September 1988	1 January 2039	Already?	Not OK, they are all assumed copyrighted in PRC (though I'm not sure whether they could enter PD-US, their release weren't having notices I'm sure, but still unsure about whether "subsequent registration within 5 years")
0.20¥ (2角/贰角)	10 May 1988
0.50¥ (5角/伍角)	27 April 1987	1 January 2038
1¥ (1元/壹圆)	10 May 1988	1 January 2039
2¥ (2元/贰圆)	10 May 1988
5¥ (5元/伍圆)	22 September 1988
10¥ (10元/拾圆)	20 September 1988
50¥ (50元/伍拾圆)	27 April 1987	1 January 2038
100¥ (100元/壹佰圆)	10 May 1988	1 January 2039
Coins (硬币)
0.10¥ (1角/壹角)	1 June 1992	1 January 2043	to be determined by case laws	Not OK, they are all assumed copyrighted in both PRC and the United States (are you really sure PD-USGov may apply to them?) nota bene: If they are judged as works made for hire: 1 January 2088, if they're cooperation works, as of now the known "authors" may be Lo Kung-Liu (died 2004), Zhou Lingzhao (died 2023), Chen Ruoju (died 2013), Hou Yimin (died 2023), Deng Shu (died 2023) and Ma Wenwei (died 1988), so far, 70 pma means 1 January 2094
0.50¥ (5角/伍角)	1 June 1992
1¥ (1元/壹圆)	1 June 1992

5st series of Renminbi (第五套人民币)

Par values	publication ver.	PD-PRC in...	PD-US in...	Can I upload to Commons? Or are these images keep-able for these already uploaded?
Paper banknotes (纸币)
1¥ (1元/壹圆)	30 July 2004	1 January 2055	to be determined by case laws	Not OK, they are all assumed copyrighted in both PRC and the United States (are you really sure PD-USGov may apply to them?) nota bene: If they are judged as works made for hire, then see right, if they're cooperation works, as of now the known "authors" may be Ma Wenwei (died 1988) and Liu Wenxi (died 2019), so far, 70 pma means 1 January 2090	1 January 2100
	30 August 2019	1 January 2070			1 January 2115
5¥ (5元/伍圆)	18 November 2002	1 January 2053			1 January 2098
	31 August 2005	1 January 2056			1 January 2101
	5 November 2020	1 January 2071			1 January 2116
10¥ (10元/拾圆)	1 September 2001	1 January 2052			1 January 2097
	31 August 2005	1 January 2056			1 January 2101
	30 August 2019	1 January 2070			1 January 2115
20¥ (20元/贰拾圆)	16 October 2000	1 January 2051			1 January 2096
	31 August 2005	1 January 2056			1 January 2101
	30 August 2019	1 January 2070			1 January 2115
50¥ (50元/伍拾圆)	1 September 2001	1 January 2052			1 January 2097
	31 August 2005	1 January 2056			1 January 2101
	30 August 2019	1 January 2070			1 January 2115
100¥ (100元/壹佰圆)	1 October 1999	1 January 2050			1 January 2095
	31 August 2005	1 January 2056			1 January 2101
	12 November 2015	1 January 2066			1 January 2111
Coins (硬币)
0.10¥ (1角/壹角)	16 October 2000	1 January 2051	to be determined by case laws	Not OK, they are all assumed copyrighted in both PRC and the United States (are you really sure PD-USGov may apply to them?) nota bene: If they are judged as works made for hire, then see right, if they're cooperation works, as of now the known "authors" may be Ma Wenwei (died 1988) and Liu Wenxi (died 2019), so far, 70 pma means 1 January 2090	1 January 2096
	31 August 2005	1 January 2056			1 January 2101
	30 August 2019	1 January 2070			1 January 2115
0.50¥ (5角/伍角)	18 November 2002	1 January 2053			1 January 2098
	30 August 2019	1 January 2070			1 January 2115
1¥ (1元/壹圆)	16 October 2000	1 January 2051			1 January 2096
	30 August 2019	1 January 2070			1 January 2115