so are these worth something? A customer paid me with them, so they were in his wallet and have a bend in the center. Not folded, just bent and the corners are sharp.
At least it's only a bend and not a crease. You may be able to flatten it out with some weight on it. It won't happen overnight so be patient. The series is 2009, which is so current, there is no published collector price. If you hang on to them for a few years, or several new series are issued, they will begin to have a small premium. Something nice to hand down to the next generation of little PeacePeople. ;>)
Thank you for the reply. What is the best way to flatten them? Put them in a book? Between 2 pcs of plain paper and set a book on top of them? I do actually own a few books, I know it's hard to tell....
Don't flatten them. Doing so will void the notes of embossing, which is the raised texture caused by the impression cylinder during the printing process. It signifies originality of the paper and commands a premium. If it's only a bend and not a crease, it's unlikely to diminish the note's grade below uncirculated. I say leave it as is and don't try to improve it's appearance. Flattening these notes can be compared to polishing an AU coin.
As of yet, the numbers on your currency is not known, and the value is unknown to us yet. Since the notes have been in a wallet, and that the moisture has been high, that gives to the bend in the notes, and they have not been folded flat. You can place them between two clean non-acid white sheets of paper, and place them in a book, and then place more weight on the book. This will give them back the paper's memory they lost, but locked back in when they dry. They then will be almost back to the original condition. This way the embossing on the notes will not be affected. Only, when the notes are pressed with a heated object (like an iron) then the embossing will be affected. I hope this will help.
I beg to differ. I don't believe there is a difference between flattening a bend and flattening embossing. You are pressing the fibers into position regardless of where the fibers are. I think it will take more pressure to flatten the embossing than to unbend the note, but I would not do it myself. I'd rather place the notes into those tight semi rigid holders. That will unbend them with time without affecting the embossing.
i am not sure what you mean by your statement. these notes come from a print run of 3,200,000. so there is a lot of these notes printed. i would agree with funkee. put them in rigid holders if you plan to keep them. if not i wouldn't worry about the bend. i never mess with notes. it's like a coin any cleaning can damage it. same with trying to flatten a note. there is more going on here then just the bend. the bottom left corner is slightly dinged on these notes. if you plan on selling them i doubt you will get much premium. it's a lot hard to sell larger denomination notes for a premium unless they are from a short print run. with them being consecutive is a nice added bonus but once again harder to sell because of the denomination. nice notes either way :thumb:
Anyone know about new, uncirculated, Consecutives with some embossing? I've had for about a week... Kept them in a drawer so far but if it's gonna be several years to become of value I'll probably just spend them...
Johnny.. Start you own unique thread. This thread is from 2013. Most of those members are no longer on CoinTalk
