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      "object_rights": "Bank of England conditional permission covers reproduction; educational, respectful context; digital reproduction with SPECIMEN.",
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      "caption_en": "Gold sovereign of Henry VII, dated 1504–1509 by the Cleveland Museum of Art, accession 1969.169.a. The king sits on an elaborate throne. This example illustrates the denomination introduced in 1489; it is not a coin dated 1489.",
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      "author": "Smabs Sputzer",
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      "license": "CC BY 2.0",
      "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0",
      "modifications": "Wikimedia thumbnail, proportional resize. JPEG recompression for web delivery; image proportions and content unchanged.",
      "object_rights": "Historic coin design in public domain; image rights as stated separately.",
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      "caption_fr": "Deux pence de George III, 1797, revers : Britannia, son bouclier et son trident. La marque SOHO, sous le bouclier, identifie l’atelier de Matthew Boulton à Birmingham.",
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      "alt_en": "George III twopence, 1797, reverse: Britannia with shield and trident",
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      "license": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0",
      "modifications": "Wikimedia thumbnail, proportional resize. JPEG recompression for web delivery; image proportions and content unchanged.",
      "object_rights": "Coin design in public domain (1817 / published 1971; UK Crown copyright term expired). Photo under the stated Creative Commons licence.",
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      "caption_en": "George III sovereign, 1817, obverse. The king’s laureate portrait contrasts with the enthroned Tudor sovereign. The coin is worth twenty shillings; Pistrucci’s St George appears on the reverse, not illustrated here.",
      "alt_fr": "Avers d’un souverain d’or de 1817 : portrait lauré de George III.",
      "alt_en": "Obverse of an 1817 gold sovereign: laureate portrait of George III.",
      "coinage_credit": "The Royal Mint, 1817"
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      "author": "Albertomos",
      "license": "CC BY 4.0",
      "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0",
      "modifications": "Wikimedia thumbnail, proportional resize. JPEG recompression for web delivery; image proportions and content unchanged.",
      "object_rights": "Historic coin design first published 1971; additionally covered here by The Royal Mint’s permission for educational/informative websites, with coinage credit retained.",
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      "caption_fr": "Penny décimal de 1971, revers : herse couronnée, chiffre 1 et mention NEW PENNY. Le mot NEW signale la nouvelle subdivision ; le millésime figure sur l’autre face. Dessin de Christopher Ironside.",
      "caption_en": "Decimal penny of 1971, reverse: crowned portcullis, numeral 1 and NEW PENNY. “NEW” identifies the new subdivision; the date appears on the other side. Design by Christopher Ironside.",
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      "alt_en": "Decimal penny of 1971, reverse: crowned portcullis, numeral 1 and NEW PENNY",
      "coinage_credit": "The Royal Mint, 1971",
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      "source": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1_crown_George_V_-_1935.png",
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      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/",
      "modifications": "Wikimedia proportional thumbnail. Converted to JPEG, quality 80, for web optimisation; proportions and content unchanged.",
      "object_rights": "Historic 1935 coin design in public domain; photograph CC BY-SA 4.0.",
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      "caption_fr": "Couronne commémorative de George V, 1935, pour le jubilé d’argent. Le saint Georges de Percy Metcalfe, stylisé, lui vaut le surnom de « rocking horse crown ». Valeur historique : cinq shillings.",
      "caption_en": "George V commemorative crown of 1935, marking his Silver Jubilee. Percy Metcalfe’s stylised St George earned it the nickname “rocking horse crown”. Its historic face value was five shillings.",
      "alt_fr": "Couronne de 1935 : George V à gauche et saint Georges sur son cheval à droite.",
      "alt_en": "1935 crown: George V on the left and St George on horseback on the right.",
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  "rights_note": "Licences apply per image, not to the collection as a whole. Bank of England images are used under its express conditional reproduction consent, not under an open licence. Preserve SPECIMEN marks. Print reproductions require separate compliance with physical reproduction conditions."
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