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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1972023, member: 26302"]I find myself to have similar position to Chris. Its a delicate line to draw. </p><p><br /></p><p>On one side, coins are not responsible for the despicable acts their producers did. So I own coins of Genghis Khan, Crusaders, Nazi Germany, Stalin, Mao, Elagabalus, etc. We should never ignore history, and as long as collectors do not collect these coins in some stupid way to glorify their issuer, then they should be collected.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the other side, some modern coins are produced to FUND governments. That is why I would never buy a modern coin from North Korea, since by us collectors buying those coins we create a market for them, thereby indirectly funding these animals. </p><p><br /></p><p>So its a very fine line. Usually what I do is simply refuse to collect coins from a modern regime until they are out of power. Then I feel free to pick them up if I want them. In Chris' example of East versus West Germany, I probably would have not collected East German coins until the Berlin Wall fell, then felt free to buy them on the secondary market once it did. </p><p><br /></p><p>That is just my view of the morality of the situation, though, and when it comes to such things I know honest differences of opinion will occur.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1972023, member: 26302"]I find myself to have similar position to Chris. Its a delicate line to draw. On one side, coins are not responsible for the despicable acts their producers did. So I own coins of Genghis Khan, Crusaders, Nazi Germany, Stalin, Mao, Elagabalus, etc. We should never ignore history, and as long as collectors do not collect these coins in some stupid way to glorify their issuer, then they should be collected. On the other side, some modern coins are produced to FUND governments. That is why I would never buy a modern coin from North Korea, since by us collectors buying those coins we create a market for them, thereby indirectly funding these animals. So its a very fine line. Usually what I do is simply refuse to collect coins from a modern regime until they are out of power. Then I feel free to pick them up if I want them. In Chris' example of East versus West Germany, I probably would have not collected East German coins until the Berlin Wall fell, then felt free to buy them on the secondary market once it did. That is just my view of the morality of the situation, though, and when it comes to such things I know honest differences of opinion will occur.[/QUOTE]
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