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Quite a few collectors in the Federal Republic of Germany had, before 1989/90, mixed feelings when it came to GDR collector coins. On one hand they were interesting because many of them commemorate people and events that are also relevant here. (In various cases we have both a Fed. Rep. and a GDR coin issued on the same occasion.) On the other hand wouldn't buying those - mostly silver - commems support the East German regime? After all, they were primarily made with "Western" collectors and their "hard" money in mind.
OK, those times are over, and nowadays there is no such reason to not collect them. But I am similarly skeptical these days when it comes to modern NCLT from dictatorial regimes.
Christian
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