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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 1737307, member: 19065&quot;]Face and back images are a must!&nbsp; We have to be able to see if there are any discolorations, markings, stains, etc.&nbsp; What can you say about the notes&#039; embossing? Is it raised? I know you said &quot;bold&quot;... Also, hold the&nbsp; note to a bright light... any pinholes of light showing through?</p><p><br /></p><p>Better images will certainly get you better comments but even with the limited quality of your face-only images, a guesstimate of: XF, AU, or CU could be hazarded.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The best imaging you can do by yourself if you want to share pictures of notes online is to scan them with a black or dark solid color sheet of paper behind the note to help clearly define the margins of the note. Remember margins are important to a notes grade and damage to margins matters.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Camera pics of notes tend to be taken slightly at an angle (like yours) and the images often end up bowed or keystoned looking, so try to use a scanner.&nbsp; When you scan, set it for 300 dpi scanning and save the image file at 800 pixels wide or greater. Scanner lighting is also a lot more even than typical room lights, so all around you&#039;ll have more representative images.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, for now, your Fr.233 Teehee | Burke notes both have bumped corners, all around. I&#039;d say these will come back in XF holders, but could get a distinction for the paper quality and eye appeal. I think I&#039;m a bit more strict and being cautious with limited image quality, but a TPG confronted by consecutive notes may go AU allowing the bumped corners within tolerances normally allowed for various 3-fold XF determiners.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Fr. 235 Elliot | White notes seem a bit better, and should be firmly in AU territory. For me mid-AU grades with these face pics, but for an in-hand TPG evaluation, perhaps a lot higher with a paper quality designation, even. The biggest factor detracting from this note on the face, is the top margin. It&#039;s pretty narrow, but there is a margin all around, so it shouldn&#039;t hurt too badly.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d love to see scans of both sides. They look like they&#039;re wonderful notes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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