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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 2172768, member: 39&quot;]Many if not most mints in Europe are either independent companies or profit centers. Since the production of circulation coins does not generate much profit, making surcharged commems, and medals (and maybe gimmicks for Niue, Palau, etc.) helps keeping the mints profitable ...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Absolutely nothing wrong with military cemeteries being taken care of. I just found it very interesting that the <i>Anneau de la Mémoire</i> lists all those names alphabetically - no &quot;he fought against them and died for us&quot;, no ranks. The <i>In Flanders Fields</i> museum in Ieper, BE (went there on the same trip) has a similar approach. But I think that can work, and makes sense, with WW1 only.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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