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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Joshua Lemons, post: 24554200, member: 82388&quot;]I think the answer is, that&#039;s what they like to collect.&nbsp; There are no rules in numismatics.&nbsp; If the post had 10 bids, were they ten different people or two or three outbidding each other?&nbsp; Either way, I only collect German States coinage and nothing past 1871.&nbsp; So am I in the wrong for not collecting WW2 related coinage? As to why there is a fascination, I think calling a relatively small amount of collectors of that coinage an American fascination is a faulty generalization.&nbsp; I know several more people that are obsessed with the British monarchy than Nazis, but I don&#039;t think the US is taking steps to reunite with Great Britain! At times we see so many reports of things such as airplane accidents, train wrecks, etc. that our minds are convinced these events happen all the time, when in fact they are only a tiny percentage of actual flights or train crossings. I think with the subject matter of WW2, emotions run high and one is more apt to remember those coin listings showing swastikas, Hitler, etc., But those are only a tiny fraction of a percentage of the other thousand listings you saw that week because emotions tie in. I don&#039;t think it&#039;s as much of a fascination as it&#039;s what&#039;s remembered. I can understand your frustration with the posting and am glad you had a positive result.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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