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<p>[QUOTE="Troodon, post: 99023, member: 4626"]This is the sense I get... countries that have binding laws about the sales and distribution of "nazi propaganda" usually make exceptions for coins and stamps produced in Nazi Germany. Perhaps the seller in this case is simply not aware of the exceptions, or wants to err on the side of caution. I've noticed similar occurences on sales of replica firearms, where there's some states they won't sell to because it's too much hassle figuring out the laws of certain states.</p><p><br /></p><p>As I said before, the US has no laws at all regarding sales and distribution of Nazi memoribilia or propaganda. eBay has rules regarding such, but exempts coins and stamps from such restrictions.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, I see nothing really misleading about the acution... it's pretty clear the coin is gold plated, and it doesn't take a coin expert to know that Nazi Germany never minted any gold coins. I don't really see anything wrong with the auction... to the degree any ambiguity exists I can chalk it up to English not being the seller's native language.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Troodon, post: 99023, member: 4626"]This is the sense I get... countries that have binding laws about the sales and distribution of "nazi propaganda" usually make exceptions for coins and stamps produced in Nazi Germany. Perhaps the seller in this case is simply not aware of the exceptions, or wants to err on the side of caution. I've noticed similar occurences on sales of replica firearms, where there's some states they won't sell to because it's too much hassle figuring out the laws of certain states. As I said before, the US has no laws at all regarding sales and distribution of Nazi memoribilia or propaganda. eBay has rules regarding such, but exempts coins and stamps from such restrictions. Anyway, I see nothing really misleading about the acution... it's pretty clear the coin is gold plated, and it doesn't take a coin expert to know that Nazi Germany never minted any gold coins. I don't really see anything wrong with the auction... to the degree any ambiguity exists I can chalk it up to English not being the seller's native language.[/QUOTE]
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