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Message:: [QUOTE="Rono, post: 209615, member: 6492"]Howdy, Well, you've got to please yourself, but this is a slope that is particularly slippery. Someone mentioned that US gold coins are only made with US gold.  Er, that might have been pre-1933, but with the confiscation, they rounded up all sorts of gold from lots of places that was being held by US citizens. Someone mentioned all US coins prior to the 1860's when the Emancipation Proc was written and the civil war fought to free the slaves.  By definition, prior to this all of our coins were by a slave owning country.   In God We Trust or not?  Again, 1860s and the 2 cent piece. In my case, I don't fret this sort of thing.  I just collect those things I like and move on.   I'd suggest that you collect those things that interest you, try to learn about the history of the series you collect, and yet try not to dwell too terribly deeply on issues that were outside of most peoples control.  Many things that were once legal are now illegal and vice versa. Casinos are now legal all over, but were once illegal.  Does that mean I can or can't collect casino tokens.  How about *****house tokens?  The houses were once legal and at that time the tokens were also.  Now most ***** houses are illegal.   Politiks are a very, very moving and dynamic target.  If you worry too much about hitting it . . . you waste a lot of time zeroing in on target and firing spotting rounds. peace, rono[/QUOTE]