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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;USS656, post: 1393522, member: 6641&quot;]Do you disagree with these two statements?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Do you disagree with these two statements?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That was my point - no one is wrong here so why argue over an opinion.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I understand - it&#039;s disappointing - but please keep in mind there were 100&#039;s of thousands of 1988 $5 printed and I am sure there are probably more still in GEM condition than there are collectors. Still disappointing - I get it.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I just don&#039;t let it ruin my day, life is too short and there are much bigger things to worry about - IMO.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Not what I said and it only didn&#039;t make sense because you didn&#039;t take the time to think about what I was trying to say.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>If you found it in circulation, I have a hard time believing it was GEM.&nbsp; Would not disagree it might have been GEM when it got stamped.&nbsp; It&#039;s not something I would ever do but I am not going to tell someone they can&#039;t either.&nbsp; Just like I am not going to tell a dealer that he cannot take proof and MS coins and old US gold coins to a smelter.&nbsp; It&#039;s disappointing but it happens every day.&nbsp; That&#039;s US history too and happens way more often than notes getting stamped.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I didn&#039;t miss your point, I just realize I cannot save every piece of American history out there.&nbsp; If only a very small population existed, I might be more passionate about it.&nbsp; But what you seem to be so worked up about you cannot change.&nbsp; The person that stamped the 88 did it to get attention and a reaction.&nbsp; I wouldn&#039;t give them the satisfaction of either but yet here I am doing it anyways.&nbsp; Most of the people on the WG site I have interacted with have been extremely nice to me.&nbsp; Many of them know what I collect and go out of their way to find them for me and sell them to me for a very small amount over face value.&nbsp; There is a section just for collectors and they are a great group of people for the most part.&nbsp; There is a bad apple in every bunch, we all deal with them.&nbsp; If I let it get to me, I wouldn&#039;t make it as a moderator.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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