My Sunday Market Finds

Wow! Lots of coins to look at today. I love the Canadian quarter with the cougar -- the animal looks powerful -- good art work there. Also -- silver, yea!

Enjoy!

That's one big batch of coins! Nice! I especially like the Litas coin.

Try to check the wedding token again. It seems to me that it might be too light to be solid silver, perhaps it's silver plated?

Forgot to mention that I couldn't make it to yesterdays market due to summer activities. That means more to see next week!

No worry. We can wait.

Hmm, I never thought of Nazi coins as being offensive to people, but now that it has been mentioned, I understand why. The one you bought looks to be in excellent condition though, so I would still say that is a great buy!




Guangxu Boo-Chiowan.

First of all, a great haul today again. No matter what, but it's a great haul for less than $1.50.




Now for my politically not correct and probably 'shocking' opinion on your apology: I think it's very disappointing and saddening that you feel pressured into issuing an apology on beforehand to everyone here. Feeling insulted over the most ridiculous things seems to have become the worlds' favorite pastime nowadays and that has to stop (I even found people apologizing for being successful at doing something. How surrealistic should it get?). If someone does something that you don't like but doesn't have impact on you, then just look the other way and do something else instead of becoming a drama queen: one doesn't have the bloody right to tell others how to live their lives. Grow up. Live and let live. Find something more important to do, like watching grass grow or paint dry.

You have gotten yourself an interesting piece of history. A small metal disc. It was issued by a regime that represents one of the darkest periods in modern history. But obtaining a piece of history is absolutely not equal to supporting the ideas behind it. People should learn to understand the difference, instead of being quasi-insulted or horrified by it. That way, you lose the satisfaction of your purchase and perhaps you feel bad for being called a Nazi or a terror supporter (which you absolutely aren't) by the quasi-insulted and they have forgotten about it when the next drama scene happens in 5 minutes time.

There's nothing wrong with owning pieces of history, even of dark times, as study material or discussion piece. It's real and concrete proof that this regime actually happened, as is being denied more and more nowadays. If this is 'shocking' and 'crossing the line', then where shall we put that line? Coins issued by the Nazis in occupied territory? Current North Korean coins? Pol Pot era coins? USSR coins under Stalin? Current Syrian coins? Spanish Franco era coins? Yugoslavian Milosevic era coins? Communist China coins? Argentinian Videla era coins?
Or how about Danish West Indies coins? Slave trade is heavily frowned upon nowadays! Confederate coins should also be forbidden then.

Once again, these are just coins, pieces of history. Silent reminders of things that were, reminders to never let this piece of history repeat itself. We need reminders like this, harmless yet concrete. You should be satisfied with your purchase and not feel bad about it, and absolutely not apologize to anyone for obtaining this, and certainly not on beforehand. I am happy for you that you got this coin. People who feel deadly insulted by what you buy should grow up and get a thicker skin. Nazism is a state of mind, not an object.

Rant over.

ps. Nazi coins may have a premium in the US, but over here and in The Netherlands (and many other European countries), they're just junk bin finds. That's where I got a lot of them. No one finds them shocking here. Just keep in mind that they aren't for sale in Germany, for obvious reasons.

pps. My family has suffered quite much during World War II, yet I have this kind of coin in my collection. And no one in my family is shocked by it, no one even considers being insulted.

I definitely agree that it might have seen slightly ridiculous and blown out of proportion to have to issue such an apology and I'm an obvious offender to the posession of other "terror-regime" coins. But at the same time - I can't help it. I feel a bit personally appalled thinking about what the piece represents, even if it is just a piece of metal, as innocent as that. I just don't want to convey any negative emotion for a piece I have willing bought and uploaded pictures of on a public website. So I want to get that out of the way, and I also happen to be quite an apologetic person by nature. I hope you understand in some way