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<p>[QUOTE="Hiddendragon, post: 1261964, member: 25270"]I studied history in college and maybe that's why I have always been able to look at the bad things that have happened in the past in more of an academic way without being personally offended by them. I don't think people need to feel guilty about owning relics of "evil empires" as long as they do not intend to glorify the accomplishments of these empires, and if they do then they probably wouldn't feel guilty anyway. One of the first coins I can remember being excited about when I was a kid was a Nazi 1 pfennig coin I found mixed in with some world coins I inherited. It was exciting because it was a relic of a world that no longer existed, which is why I am interested in coins in general. One of the first things I sought out when I started buying coins and paper money was examples from former empires and colonies or with famous leaders on them. It's history and I don't feel bad about owning it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Hiddendragon, post: 1261964, member: 25270"]I studied history in college and maybe that's why I have always been able to look at the bad things that have happened in the past in more of an academic way without being personally offended by them. I don't think people need to feel guilty about owning relics of "evil empires" as long as they do not intend to glorify the accomplishments of these empires, and if they do then they probably wouldn't feel guilty anyway. One of the first coins I can remember being excited about when I was a kid was a Nazi 1 pfennig coin I found mixed in with some world coins I inherited. It was exciting because it was a relic of a world that no longer existed, which is why I am interested in coins in general. One of the first things I sought out when I started buying coins and paper money was examples from former empires and colonies or with famous leaders on them. It's history and I don't feel bad about owning it.[/QUOTE]
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