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I was relieved to see there were no bids on the Nazi trash.

I wonder if there's some guy out there that collects little metal cars who really wants to bid, but doesn't want to be the guy who bought the Nazi coin.

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[–] Senshi@lemmy.world 48 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Oddly, this also seems like a very weird Nazi token. Hitler's name is misspelled: he never was called "Adolph", ever.

Also, the Nazi swastika is always supposed to be tilted at 45°, also not the case here.

Almost if it's not authentic at all.

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago

Some tool bag probably made it in high school metal shop.

[–] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

he never was called “Adolph”, ever.

I did not know this. Did they just never use his first name or did he have some kind of preferred nickname?

[–] criticon@lemmy.ca 26 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Maybe this coin is from the same dimension as the Berenstein Bears books!

[–] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Oh, yeah, that's a derp for me.

[–] TimeNaan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Also by 1943 what english-speaking country would allow for the production of nazi propaganda?

[–] yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

The vast majority were tilted 45° but not all, so that's not necessarily an indication of its inauthenticity. The misspelling is a dead giveaway though.

Example of non-tilted swastika on a flag (1942)

[–] Senshi@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I stand corrected. But I think any "odd" angles such as in this case, where the rotation seems to be somewhat at 20 degrees, would be even more uncommon.