It is so simple with coins - do not clean them, period. I've been pulling FRNs from circulation actively for last two months. Is there a simple way to improve note's eye appealing? Just look what RickieB has done with $20 here http://www.cointalk.org/showthread.php?t=40495 which originally looked like this http://www.cointalk.org/showthread.php?t=39765 . It looks like CU now. Is it just a better picture or there is a way to make folds less notisable? I just put a note in a book for a day or so and put some heavy books on top of it - it helps a little.
Flattening out in a book is okay, you will not do enough that you will actually flatten the embossing into the paper, but only smooth the hard folds. If you do anymore than that, ie ironing, you will flatten the paper and the embossing from when it was printed. Believe me, they stick out like a sore thumb to serious paper money collectors and the note will take a couple of grade hits, if not be doffed entirely by prospective collectors. With ironed notes, they sometimes get a flat, almost glossy sheen on the note. When I look at older US currency, like LC notes, I pull it out the holder and look at it against a light to see what is going on with the paper surface. Some people have even been known to starch them, and that will give the note a nice distinctly starchy odor that is a clue the note has been treated. The above reason is precisely why I do not care for TPG'd notes, you lose that ability to see what is really going on with the paper surface because of the holder.
Hahahahah Busted!! I enhanced that image on Photoshop to better show the signature in question. Plus images scanned on a high quality scanner with editing ability will show only a few creases. The note is VF and nothing will ever change that...LOL RickieB
Send me your tired, worn out and torn notes..I can make em new again...LOL Funny Mag..very funny... RickieB
1. Flattening out in a book is okay 2. ironing is bad 3. Photoshop is useless for the actual notes any other ideas? thank you
bascailly, dont!!! Like coins, trying to 'fix' a notes handling or any defects will only hurt the note further in the long run. This has been explanined, and you want further options. So, if you dont care about hurting the note, but want to make it more appealing for a sale, then you will want to do what was suggested NOT to do. Of course, there is no rule that applies to every note or coin, there is always the excpetion! If you have a note, that you really REALLY want to fix, send it to some note fixing experts, and let them fix it. any home based remody wont help! excpet of course the few mentioed in this thread that done seem to cut what you are trying to do .... :rooleyes:
