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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1462950, member: 39&quot;]Of course there is nothing &quot;wrong&quot; in the sense of such issues being illegal. And since many mints are profit centers these days (ie. they need to make money with the money they make), we see more and more of such coins. But there still are some differences.</p><p><br /></p><p>First you have the plain vanilla circulation coins, and I certainly do not object to those. (To some designs, yes, but that is a different issue.) Then we have special coins issued to commemorate important people and events that are relevant for the issuing country. Fine. And then -- thematic series where the single coins are not issued on any specific occasion, but at least the pieces have something to do with the issuer.</p><p><br /></p><p>Wait, it goes on. There are coins that are &quot;developed&quot; by companies which then try and find customers (countries) that are willing to have their country name put on the pieces. In a best case scenario, the theme/design even has something to with the &quot;issuing&quot; country. In other cases ... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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