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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 46550, member: 39&quot;]They &quot;circulated&quot; as much as the other commems - sort of, but not really <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> As you can always buy the German collectors coins at face value, some people get a couple from a bank, pick the best one(s) for their collection and spend the rest. The typical reaction from a store cashier will then be &quot;Huh?&quot;, followed by &quot;Oh, I need to ask the manager whether we accept that&quot; or &quot;Hey, that&#039;s neat&quot; ...</p><p><br /></p><p>As for Karl Marx, he was born in Trier and worked in what today is Germany for a fairly long time. Of course he was a controversial character, but that also applies to people like Heinrich der Löwe (Henry the Lion?) who was equally honored on a coin ... As for Marx, even if you study economics these days, you will have to read quite a lot from and about him. Guess it&#039;s rather his analyses of the society he lived in, and his impact in the 19th century, that made the (then conservative) German federal government issue that coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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