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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Seattlite86, post: 24554699, member: 59737&quot;]So one experience I had was when I was helping a local Boy Scout Troop earn their coin collecting merit badge.&nbsp; I brought an entire box full of world coins for them to pick through.&nbsp; I watched one father with Viking tattoos coach his son to hunt for and pull every single coin in there with a swastika.&nbsp; He did not take the 25-50 coins he needed to collect for the merit badge, he stopped when he exhausted the nazi coins.&nbsp; I took that to mean they were sympathizing with nazis.&nbsp; You&#039;re welcome to interpret it differently, but it seemed clear to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>I never said, nor do I feel, that this is uniquely an American problem.&nbsp; I have found those who show sympathy to the nazis in several countries.&nbsp; The difference is, most other countries do not sell nazi coins or memorabilia.&nbsp; In fact, some countries ban it because they believe it&#039;s spreading nazi propaganda.&nbsp; It would be extremely unusual to go to a dealer in Germany and see a grouping of nazi coins, for example.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d like to believe that the group of people who &quot;don&#039;t want others to have the coins&quot; is as small as the group who collects them because they support the nazis.&nbsp; I think a lot of people (this thread included) misunderstand disdain for a coin as somehow meaning they want to keep others from having it.&nbsp; I have no issues with people collecting these coins, I have issues with people who show reverence to them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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