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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1949908, member: 26302&quot;]Two things. First, I vehemently disagree with Kaparthy throwing away Nazi coins, or anything similar. History is just that, history. You cannot change the past by ignoring it. It is not the coin&#039;s fault it was created by idiots. Those who wish to throw away history and ignore it are doomed to never learn from it. Like I believe Mark Twain said, &quot;history may not repeat, but it sure does rhyme.&quot;. So, I am not a neo-Nazi, neo-fascist, or closet communist, as I believe all of these are seriously defective forms of government, but I would never, ever destroy a coin from such an era. They should remain as silent vigils of proof of these eras. If they bother you that badly, donate them to collectors here who will not worship them, but rather keep them safe for future generations to know these eras in their history books were REAL, and we should learn from these mistakes as human beings.</p><p><br /></p><p>Second, for Doug&#039;s trivia question, I would doubt its the Columbian, (btw which was sold at the world&#039;s fair for $1, but so many were made that later they were released into circulation to pay the organization&#039;s bils). Lots of world coins, and ancients, were struck only for very special times, for very special events. I would say those are &quot;commemoratives&quot; too, and never really meant to circulate as money. Look at the Festival of Isis coins in late Rome as one example.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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