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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paul M., post: 2618443, member: 73165&quot;]This is all 100% untrue.&nbsp; I could hoist a Nazi flag outside my house and the most that would happen is my neighbors might be angry and people may protest.&nbsp; But, I certainly wouldn&#039;t get arrested.&nbsp; I live in America; this might not apply in part or all of Europe.</p><p><br /></p><p>No use of the swastika symbol before WW1 is at all connected to hatred, persecution, or racism.&nbsp; At the time the OP coin was minted, the swastika could not have possibly been connected to burning Jews because there were no Jews!</p><p><br /></p><p>And, even when the symbol is used as a marker of hate, we can collect numismatic and historical items without endorsing the sentiment.&nbsp; For instance (not my coin):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]574062[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Although I am not interested in collecting them, there are also neo-Nazi silver rounds depicting Hitler and the swastika, and I consider them legitimate numismatic items.&nbsp; (Hitler is not depicted on any coins.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Please don&#039;t spread misinformation about the swastika symbol.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: Changed &quot;before the 1930s&quot; to &quot;before WW1&quot;, since the swastika was used by national socialist movements after WW1 but before the 1930s in connection with the idea of a &quot;racially pure&quot; state.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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