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I hate when that happens always on the second note

 

Do analyze this note properly you really have to get a magnifying glass out
And go over it with a fine tooth comb especially in this condition, first on the
Margins, this note is printed severely of center especially on the front top
where there is no margin left looks cut but to me the printing is offset because
if you look at the back its fairly strait if it was cut it most certainly been part
Of the apparent grade, margins on back are not terrible but not that great either
Though not that noticeable on the front on the back there is a really hard center
Fold and the note is for sure soiled as this note is usually vibrant with color which
This one is lacking big time also the left corner tab seems to be separating from
The note, so all in all a fair grade in my opinion.

 

Our Latest Standings:

1. Branden Spiegel (8) (Only two points away !)
2. Noah Finney (5)
2. Steve "e" (5)
3. M. Kent (2)
3. NLL (2)
4. Valpro Begginer (1)

 

Ok, Guys you have had difficult and now i am going to give you easy
Many of you dont know but in addition to MPC which is my Major i do collect Disney Dollars as my Minor, and this game isnt for kids many rare examples can go for several thousand dollars and above, way above !!

You will find that Disney Dollars are allot easier to grade first there not that old
In comparison to MPC and the conditions they were kept in, many MPC were
In places like Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos where high humidity did a number
on them, lots of rain dirt etc

So if everybody doesnt get 100 percent on this challenge i will be shocked !!

 

Your next challenge: give me the grade of this note, note is uncirculated condition
So this will be a simple margins test or is it will not tip my hand but this note looks Pretty good to me, i will not explain until after the challenge

Note:

2007 Aurora $5 (Disney Dollar)

 

Well there you go money graders, there this weeks challenge
good luck and will see you next week !!

Remember everybody is welcome

 

Horray!!!

I predict that the note above is in MS69 EPQ condition.

 

68 EPQ!!!

 

66 EPQ

 

It doesnt look like we are going to have 100 Percent success rate here...LOL
with three different answers so far

 

I think, at least for someone who is in last place, that our answers differ because we are all trying to pull ahead in the rankings.

 

i will say one thing, there,s certainly a wide range of answers as the differences
between a 66 and 69 are huge !!

 

Im sticking to 66 because i think Aurora's dress should be more brilliantly colored. Seems like the higher graded examples have this brilliant pink color. Ive only looked at PCGS notes so far, but that is my opinion as a non pro grader.

*Doing this exercise in grading made me realize how much I depend on seller's descriptions, and their reputations in buying notes online. I often thought I was a good judge at grading notes from pics. Ha!

 

Though part of any grading, paper quality is a very important aspect, in this case however we are taking a close look at the margins, margins are always the key
especially in a gem quality note, if they dont look good the grade will for sure suffer
even if the rest of the note is perfect the above note is a good example.

 

Hey guys will be out of town until tomorrow, so will update the thread then

 

Welcome back money graders !! well this was certainly an eye opener to get so many different opinions on one note i really thought everyone would nail this
but i would like to congratulate are only winner this week Valpo Beginer he successfully graded correctly 66EPQ, my own personal opinion would have been
67EPQ as the margins arent that bad usually 66,S are tweeners so i could go either
way but are other guess,s of 68 and even 69 would be a little out there as the margins are not even all the way around in order to receive those kind of grades margins must be equal.