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Just finished my time at the show. Didn’t do much business, but enjoyed it and the city. Best part was talking to a dealer in the unofficial smoking area; he was so happy to be here and not in the Baltimore death trap. Check out Gerry Fortin’s blog; he had an interesting experience toward the end of the show yesterday.
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Just read Gerry's blog. Yikes
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Check out Gerry Fortin’s blog; he had an interesting experience toward the end of the show yesterday.
That same guy came over to the Society of Paper Money Collectiors (SPMC) Club table and pulled the same stunt - Awkward!
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Just read the blog, wow! Made me wonder if he was/is one of the alt trolls we seem to get on the forum every now and then.
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Wow, that's quite an "interesting experience", to say the least. It's one thing to be disruptive and selfish at a show (which is uncalled for), but it's another to actively display and espouse Nazi propaganda (which is flat out unacceptable).
It's almost like some people forgot who won WW2. No place for that anywhere, especially at a coin show which is supposed to be a safe place for all collectors and dealers alike.
About 25 years ago I was at a local coin show and someone was selling Nazi memorabilia. From the looks and manner of the guy, it looks like he was going to use the proceeds to pay his rent.
Met a real ex Nazi when I was in Argentina in 1979, but that's another story for another time.
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"Sou Mangueira......."
There was someone 25 years ago selling signage from a German concentration camp at a Long Beach show. We had a very heated conversation.
Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it.
Serling said it best. "The Dachaus, the Belsens, the Buchenwalds, the Auschwitzes; all of them. They must remain standing because they are a monument to a moment in time when some men decided to turn the Earth into a graveyard. Into it they shoveled all of their reason, their logic, their knowledge, but worst of all, their conscience. And the moment we forget this, the moment we cease to be haunted by its remembrance, then we become the gravediggers. Something to dwell on and to remember, not only in the Twilight Zone but wherever men walk God's Earth."
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Many do remain standing and God's earth still contains the coins and memorabilia. You can't change history or insanity by diverting your gaze.
But maybe I'm missing some point.
The memorabilia will be very distasteful to some, but have no issue with people that want to collect since it is of historical value. I even have a one pfennig coin from 1939 with the swastika symbol, a reminder of a chilling time.
What I do have an issue with is the person in Gerry's blog invading personal space and then going on a rank poetry reading while there, and unsolicited. That has absolutely nothing to do with preserving or honoring history. That guy was being a major a-hole and deserved to get shown the exit door.
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Mt late father was a sgt in the So Pacific when ..because he spoke fluent German, was transferred to the unit that was closing in on Bergin Belsin.
All Allied officers were stripped of everything off their unis. No identifying markings.. my dad must have saved 500 photos and they stripped the German officers of everything off their unis. My dad kept this stuff in a safe without telling anyone in our family for over 50 yrs. I'm the youngest so I ended up with it.
Nothing to be ashamed off. Just a snapshot of history.
I have no problem with anyone selling any type of WW2 items, but this guy obviously has issues, to say the least, and should be banned from future shows.