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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1723960, member: 39&quot;]In another coin forum we had a discussion about that issue when the &quot;JFK theme&quot; became known a while ago. The general consensus was, why on earth would San Marino issue such a coin? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sure, small countries are somewhat limited when it comes to themes or occasions for commemorative and collector coins. And I do not have any problems with issues from SM that honor people who lived &quot;nearby&quot; - in cities that today are in Italy or some neighboring country maybe. So Garibaldi, Botticelli, even Columbus make sense to me. But JFK?</p><p><br /></p><p>He has never been to San Marino AFAIK, and about the only connection is <a href="http://auto.pege.org/2005-san-marino/john-f-kennedy-strasse_print.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://auto.pege.org/2005-san-marino/john-f-kennedy-strasse_print.jpg" rel="nofollow">this street</a>. My impression, when the AASFN announced that theme, was that they simply wanted to make money - much like what several countries in, say, Africa and Oceania do when it comes to issuing coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Side note - wasn&#039;t the JFK design done by Claudia Momoni? Her name shows up at the bottom ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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