Regarding reichsmarks 1 1

[Chickenswoup]

I am new to this forum, and just gotten into collecting coins. What I would like to know, is what are the rules on this website, regarding posting coins with swastika? I just want to make sure that, if I ever have any questions about my Germany coins, and if I post one from the 1939, for example, I won’t get in trouble with mods, or violate any forum rules.

[GoldFinger1969]

9 minutes ago, Chickenswoup said:

I am new to this forum, and just gotten into collecting coins. What I would like to know, is what are the rules on this website, regarding posting coins with swastika? I just want to make sure that, if I ever have any questions about my Germany coins, and if I post one from the 1939, for example, I won’t get in trouble with mods, or violate any forum rules.

I don't believe they would cause a problem, they are coins.  You're not making a political statement.

[Ray, USMC]

I would have to agree with GoldFinger1969 after all this is a coin forum and those are coins which cannot be viewed as political IMO.

[Fenntucky Mike]

I believe it's allowed, or at least it should be. Just don't make it personal/political and don't start photoshopping mustaches on people.

[GoldFinger1969]

5 minutes ago, Fenntucky Mike said:

I believe it's allowed, or at least it should be. Just don't make it personal/political and don't start photoshopping mustaches on people.

Good thing Larry David doesn't post here......

 

[Revenant]

I can respect the fact that some people might find it objectionable, but, as others have said, it's a coin and this is a place for talking about coin collecting.

Personally, I love German war eagles - which are often on their coins. I think they're awesome designs. I like those old stylized war eagles a lot more than I like some of what has been on US coinage in the last 70 years. That doesn't mean I like anything that happened in Europe in the mid-1940s.

[Chickenswoup]

Went to a local coin expo today, found some really nice condition 2 RMs along with some East Germany marks and pfennigs 

[Revenant]

4 hours ago, Chickenswoup said:

Went to a local coin expo today, found some really nice condition 2 RMs along with some East Germany marks and pfennigs 

I had a chat a year or so ago with a no-longer-active board member about the fact that a few years ago these went through a bit of a run-up interest / mini-bubble and then they came back down after a while.

They're interesting to look at - I have some of the more modern pre-Euro coins but none of those and I have wanted some at various points in time. I may yet buy some just for conversation pieces with my sons as they get older. If you get into it you can get into a lot of fun with the different "marks" over the years with Marks from pre-German Prussia, the German gold mark, the paper mark, the mark of Weimar Germany, the Reichmark and the Mark of post-WWI Germany (my spelling fails me at the moment). I think the thing I'd most enjoy collecting seriously would be the hyperinflation notes from the Weimar Republic period.

Edited March 14, 2021 by Revenant

[GoldFinger1969]

Are Nazi-era coins popular in Germany, anybody know ?

Edited March 14, 2021 by GoldFinger1969

[Chickenswoup]

I really like East Germany coins too. You can really see the Soviet influence in design of the coins.

[Revenant]

22 minutes ago, GoldFinger1969 said:

Are Nazi-era coins popular in Germany, anybody know ?

I think anything nazi related is banned in Germany - so maybe the coins too. They don't seem to mess around with this subject. 

Edited March 14, 2021 by Revenant

[Henri Charriere]

On 3/14/2021 at 6:37 PM, Revenant said:

I think anything nazi related is banned in Germany - so maybe the coins too. They don't seem to mess around with this subject. 

[It is still a sensitive subject that is openly discussed behind closed doors by the few surviving war veterans of the period who, despite the losses and devastation, are still unapologetically loyal to the old order no different from those who participated in campaigns waged by Stalin, Pol pot and the empire of Japan.]