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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 24555232, member: 110226&quot;]Personally I find the Nazi swastika a repugnant symbol, as do the vast majority of people around the globe.&nbsp; Understanding the historical context is important, and any attempt to romanticize it or glorify it is an insult to the US and allied soldiers, airmen and sailors who sacrificed their lives to stanch the spread of hate and genocide, as well as to the victims of this systematic murder of millions.</p><p><br /></p><p>Personally I would never own any coin or banknote with this symbol.&nbsp; I understand that some collectors might own these numismatic items as representatives of one of humanity&#039;s darkest periods and I suppose that&#039;s okay.&nbsp; Context is everything.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do have several 10 marks coins from the Lodz Ghetto date 1943.&nbsp; These aluminum coins were issued by the residents to serve as currency within the ghetto, under Nazi auspices.&nbsp; I keep these coins as a remembrance of the Holocaust.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, last week was the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw ghetto uprising.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a couple of them:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Lodz Ghetto, 1943, 10 marks.</b></p><p><b>2.55 grams</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1554732[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>&nbsp;Lodz Ghetto, 1943, 10 marks.</b></p><p><b>3.53 grams</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1554733[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>I also have a 20 marks coin, but it is of questionable authenticity.&nbsp; The weight is on the light side.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Lodz Ghetto, Aluminum/Magnesium? 20 marks, 1943.</b></p><p><b>33.45 mm, 4.88 grams</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1554734[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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