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<p>[QUOTE="Numbers, post: 498496, member: 11668"]Also, that note on Ebay didn't sell for more because it's certified; it sold for more because it's nicer than average even for an uncirculated note. All the certification did was make the bidders aware of, and confident of, that fact.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some of your notes don't look quite as beautiful--for example, at least the top few $2's in the one strap seem to have some handling wrinkles visible in the margins, and another $2 has less than ideal centering with a narrow top margin. If you got those notes certified, you'd just be paying an unbiased third party to tell your bidders that the notes aren't the greatest, which probably isn't worth your while.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the other hand, if some of your notes are particularly wonderful examples (which I don't know, since some types of minor problems would be hard to detect from a photo), then certification might well make bidders more willing to pay strong prices for them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Numbers, post: 498496, member: 11668"]Also, that note on Ebay didn't sell for more because it's certified; it sold for more because it's nicer than average even for an uncirculated note. All the certification did was make the bidders aware of, and confident of, that fact. Some of your notes don't look quite as beautiful--for example, at least the top few $2's in the one strap seem to have some handling wrinkles visible in the margins, and another $2 has less than ideal centering with a narrow top margin. If you got those notes certified, you'd just be paying an unbiased third party to tell your bidders that the notes aren't the greatest, which probably isn't worth your while. On the other hand, if some of your notes are particularly wonderful examples (which I don't know, since some types of minor problems would be hard to detect from a photo), then certification might well make bidders more willing to pay strong prices for them.[/QUOTE]
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