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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1261799, member: 26302&quot;]I understand, and its a great point, I was just pointing out how the US is at least a little different than others.</p><p><br /></p><p>The point, really, is that the objects are not to blame for their history. Even if Hitler himself struck the coin, the coin is not Hitler, and should not be reviled like him. Yes, if some idiots wish to use objects in their veneration of a monster, that is their problem. I still stand by my statement that as long as I do not purchase directly from a monster, I do not feel guilty for where a coin came from. </p><p><br /></p><p>Btw, I know Hitler is fresh in historical minds, and gets talked about a lot, but he is simply one of a string of monsters from history. I put Mao and Stalin alongside him, but there are so many others they are unnameable. Pol Pot, Kim Il Sung, Idi Amin, and those are just in the last few decades. This issue goes far beyond the third reich. Most ancient coins were struck by leaders who thought it appropriate to enslave captives, and to kill every being in a city if they upset them. Ghengis Khan had a policy to slaughter every living being, down to the rats and the fish in ponds, of a city that opposed him. Heck, ancient Carthage had a practice of sacrificing their first born sons in a fire while alive in times of trouble to appease their god, and their coins are very popular. Genocide was common, as well as human sacrifices in various forms. I guess I am saying if third reich coins bother you, I would not bother with almost any ancient coins at all. </p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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