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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blasty, post: 4557015, member: 38375&quot;]Hi Everyone,</p><p><br /></p><p>I picked up this note as a 13-year-old young numismatist 21 years ago and paid way too much, as looking at eBay listings, it&#039;s still not quite worth I paid for it back then. I was so excited at the prospect of owning a large-size star note, and thinking these were scarcer than they are, that I made a dumb decision <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>As you can see, it is extremely dirty and wrinkled. Good idea or not, it spent some months pressed between the pages of a large book when I was a kid, in an attempt to remedy some of the wrinkly-ness. It helped a bit but not much.</p><p><br /></p><p>My question is, for a note like this, is there any benefit to attempting to further flatten it out, or to do something about how stained it is? I understand attempts to improve a note are pretty much frowned upon, just like cleaning coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>I *thought* about giving it a soak in acetone for a while to see if it could wash out some of the dirt, after trying with a worn and torn 1953 $2 note to confirm it wouldn&#039;t dissolve the ink or otherwise alter the paper. However, my coin collecting conscience says don&#039;t do it.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, any experiences &quot;improving&quot; ratty notes like this, or is it best that I just enjoy it for what it is (and always have the reminder not to buy something on impulse)?</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks![ATTACH=full]1128220[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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