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Message:: [QUOTE="gsalexan, post: 2281900, member: 24274"]Everyone has a story about the biggest bargain they managed to acquire through a shrewd trade or dumb luck. But are you brave enough to share your biggest blunder? In honor of Thanksgiving, I invite you to tell the tale of a turkey you sheepishly added to your collection. My turkey is a 5 mark Allied Military Currency note that I picked up for $12. Having learned only recently that AMC replacement serial numbers begin with a dash, I thought that was a great price and was proud of myself for being smarter than the dealer, who obviously didn't know what he was selling. Sure it had a small tear at the bottom, but it's a *Replacement Note*, right? Wrong. What I learned later is that the Russians printed truckloads of these notes with dashes and that only those showing secret marks by the U.S. printer (Forbes) AND dashes were legitimate replacements. Total value ... maybe 50 cents. Admittedly not a very big turkey, but one that will remain in my collection as a reminder that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. [ATTACH=full]456099[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]