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<p>[QUOTE="Drusus, post: 663125, member: 6370"]I dont find Nazi coins to be very attractive either. I like Soviet Era propaganda artwork because of the idealized, blocky, stylized art work...with a healthy worker woman with a healthy worker man, staring off into the distance with wheat in the background type of themes...soviet coins are less interesting.</p><p> </p><p>I am from the US but I find German notgeld (and earlier German states) coins intriguing...in fact these days, I feel like I have toured Germany reading about all the towns there that issued money...I am also very interested in WWI (far more than WWII). </p><p> </p><p>My theory about why people like Nazi stuff is because they had such a great sense of style...skull and crossbones on the hats, the long trench coats, the cool symbols...they had flare...much like the Romans. I saw a show about the history of guns and they showed a custom made pistol, only two of which were made, that was one of the most outstanding examples of artisry on a weapon I have ever seen.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Drusus, post: 663125, member: 6370"]I dont find Nazi coins to be very attractive either. I like Soviet Era propaganda artwork because of the idealized, blocky, stylized art work...with a healthy worker woman with a healthy worker man, staring off into the distance with wheat in the background type of themes...soviet coins are less interesting. I am from the US but I find German notgeld (and earlier German states) coins intriguing...in fact these days, I feel like I have toured Germany reading about all the towns there that issued money...I am also very interested in WWI (far more than WWII). My theory about why people like Nazi stuff is because they had such a great sense of style...skull and crossbones on the hats, the long trench coats, the cool symbols...they had flare...much like the Romans. I saw a show about the history of guns and they showed a custom made pistol, only two of which were made, that was one of the most outstanding examples of artisry on a weapon I have ever seen.[/QUOTE]
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