How would I go about self-verifying this 1946 Hungary 1 billion billion (1 quintillion) Pengo note before sending it off to PMG? One side is missing altogether, as it is an unissued print error note. I know I can look at picture examples as a comparison, but there's only so much that can do (e.g. different color examples appear, which probably has to do with the picture's profile and my monitor's picture settings). Even when I look at picture examples on Google, there doesn't seem to be much in the way of any noticeable differences. I think if someone points out what to look for, any differences and similarities will become much more apparent. Maybe the paper appears off? Not sure what to look for. The photos below are with the note in a plastic sleeve, as I'm concerned that I'll mess something up (I don't feel nearly as confident with handling paper notes as I am with coins)... Thanks in advance!
Well, it's actually a Milliard B-Pengos, in the European style, and so it can't be both an American Billion and a European Billion in one denomination. To avoid confusion it is usual to refer to notes using the Million, Milliard, Billion scale by their original denominations. I doubt if there would be any great demand for such an item, since the note production at the time was pretty rushed and they were almost immediately valueless. I have never seen a single sided note like that but I don't see a great deal of value in it. From a reasonably well organised and stable note issuing country it would be far more desirable, but this could come from a whole bale of notes that simply were not worth finishing printing by the time it reached that stage, and someone kept one as a curio. I expect some other European colllector will comment on this when Europe is awake, but I'd not see it as vauable enough to cover the grader's fees.
Do you think that it's the same case with the unissued Bosnia 50 Billion Dinara notes (error free ones)? They're very hard to find and I only see a few on the 'bay, and they're going for about a hundred or so USD. I'm wondering if I'd be overpaying for that one, too.
You have to expect someone has a bale of them somewhere. If I had, I'd trickle them out one or two at a time for as long as they were making worthwhile money, then dump the rest in bigger lots.
Even with a high resolution scan it would likely be impossible to authenticate from a computer image.
