Does anyone know when Macbook Airs had matte screens?

I own a mid-2011 13" Macbook Air.  I purchased this computer through th Apple website and went through all of the customization options maxing out whatever was available to me. At the time, there was the option to choose a matte or a glossy screen (this is not offered now - just glossy). I chose matte because I had heard about eye strain stories and was uninterested in a glossy screen, especially one just created with a coating (not glass). I have used my computer ever since and it definitely had a matte, anti-glare screen. Nothing like the glossy screens that are offered now. I recently had the screen replaced due to some problems, but they replaced it with a glossy screen. The Apple store is now insisting that it is impossible I ever had a matte screen, as it was never offered, and that I am just making this up, or too stupid to know what screen I was using for 2.5 years, or that it's actually the same screen and I just think it's glossy now because it's "new". I am extremely upset that I'll have to be using a glossy screen now, but more upset at the way Apple has treated me over this.
I wanted to see if anyone else has a non-glossy Macbook Air screen (not a screen protector/anti-glare filter cover thing) or knows anyone who does. My screen did not have the sharp reflections that it does now, I saw it next to a glass screen every day that I used it and the difference was striking.  I could sometimes get the purplish not-sharp reflections that did not impede viewing, but nothing like it has now. If anyone else had/has a screen on their macbook air that was anti-glare/matte, please let me know. I know that the Apple Support page for this model of computer states it is only offered in glossy (then, and now).

From
MacBook Air - Wikipedia
and
MacBook Air Tech Specs
it does not appear that MacBook Air has ever had a matte screen.
Maybe the nature of the glossy screen has changed since 2011?

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