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Message:: [QUOTE="JCro57, post: 3239487, member: 92083"]I am kind of surprised that most of the comments here are "counterpoints" to a point I never even made. What people do with their personal property is their business. Dan can say that "Joe Cronin from Buffalo sucks" if he wants to with a beautiful gold plated counter stamp on any coin he wants. My original point - whether anyone likes it or not - is that by striking those feeder fingers with his Moonlight Mint press, he has done what is considered "damage" to these original Mint pieces. The same is true whether it is a coin die, a feeder finger, or a 1909-S VDB. And it applies to any original piece of any collectible. It doesn't matter if it looks cool or more attractive. Like it or not, it is "damaged", which equals "ruinned." I simply said it is a shame he did it to all the pieces except one. I never said people can't do what they want to their own property. I never said the Mint should have saved them. I never said the Mint shouldn't sell off surplus property. This is the problem with social media. People don't take the time to read properly, they overreact to impress their online friends, they love drama, over-internalize everything, and become accusatory instead of asking for clarification. Gone are the days where people read for understanding, and now are the days where people love to quickly pounce and become rude and accusatory from the comfort and safety of their desktops isolated from the world.[/QUOTE]