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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 4545944, member: 24314&quot;]You are quite right.&nbsp; I was a YN collector in the 50&#039;s.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t join the ANA until 1972.&nbsp; As an employee of ANACS in DC, I had multiple dealings with both men.&nbsp; I never heard a bad word about Ford.&nbsp; The ONLY thing I heard about Breen was he was a drug smoking Hippie that once wiped his nose on a window drapery.&nbsp; Thus, I was happy to stand in the dealer line around Breen (a major expert of his era) at major shows to get his opinion.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fortunately, I am a person who can categorize info.&nbsp; It may shock you but if I need help from a fellow numismatist, I would not care if he were a murderer, rapist, whatever.&nbsp; Others are not that way.&nbsp; I get a big kick reading all the <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Rookies-come-lately disparage Breen&#039;s work.&nbsp; NEWS FLASH, from what I saw (WITH FEW EXCEPTIONS) most of the guys back then were numismatic DUMMIES with fanciful opinions!&nbsp; Sound familiar?&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, usually.&nbsp; Heather is a good moderator.&nbsp; Eventually, Brett warned me I had one &quot;life&quot; left.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie40" alt=":dead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>If I ran that Forum, I would just delete comments rather than dump members.&nbsp; &nbsp; They have done it before.&nbsp; Unfortunately, it takes a lot of time to monitor &quot;flags&quot; from the Snowflakes and weak-of-stomach members.&nbsp; Heather has a real job at PCGS so it is easier and<b><span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)"> necessary</span></b> to ban members who break the rules.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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