(Inspired by a similar topic title in US coins.) Nazi coins. I occasionally buy bulk lots of foreigns to give away -- nieces and nephews at Christmas; neighbors at Halloween -- and of course I search through the lot for anything I might need or want. When I come across a swastika on a German coin, I toss it in the garbage where it belongs.
Its a part of history. Collecting them doesn't make you a nazi. And throwing them away doesn't help anyone.
Judging from who posts what, nazi coins - preferably with a big swastika - seem to be pretty popular in the US. Well, I have several, but for me they are just part of my European collection. Now those whose sole interest, when it comes to coins from here, is nazi coinage, well ... Christian
Thanks, but it's not for me.... Look, if we held to a strictly Objectivist morality, we probably would not collect any government coins, only private gold, silver art bars, tokens, bank drafts and stock certificates. Myself, I can be fairly tolerant, being the owner of a couple of Roman imperials, a fascist Dime from Woodrow Wilson, and even one of those bitterly ironic Soviet silvers from 1922. But we all have our limits and our preferences. Rather than telling me why you think I am wrong (which is impossible given the subjective nature of economic value), does anyone have any series of their own that they eschew for whatever reason? Churchill crowns, Chilean condors, ... the world has no shortage of ugly coins... "Liberia celebrates Elvis" seems sort of artificial, eh? I'm just asking: What do you prefer to not collect. It's a simple question.
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
I refuse to collect coins from Mongolia until their government apologizes for the war crimes committed by Ghengiz Khan.
I collect everything but Asian coins...China, Japan, Korea, and the like. Just don't interest me, has nothing to do with anything they have done, just don't like them. I do, however, love my German coins. My family lineage is from Germany and I am proud of it. I love any and all things German. I didn't take offense to his post, I know that some folks feel strongly about the Third Reich, and rightfully so. I don't want him throwing the coins away and will therefore pay him market value for them! I get what he is saying and to each his own. Todd
Why not collect them in a litte jar and when you have a nice pile of them, sell them on Ebay as a lot and donate the money towards a non-profit group that works to abolish racism? Throwing them away is a shame when they could do some good! :thumb: Ribbit
No USA 20th century design. We have failed miserably at maintaining the creativity of our founding fathers.
I have yet to find a coin that has not found a permanent home in my collection. Each and every one, so far, has it's own story to tell.
