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<p>[QUOTE="SteveInTampa, post: 1035578, member: 27107"]Krispy is correct , it is not easy to remove ink imbedded in natural fiber paper, especially when it's been there the better part of 70 years. I've tried it with different types of ink on common notes. I've tried acetone, bleach, and lacquer thinner. I tried it enough times to determine that I knew it was a job for a professional. I paid $40 plus shipping both ways, and I have fairly sophisticated lighting and magnafication at my disposal. I cannot tell the note has been altered.....but that's not to say what's going to happen, or not happen in the future. It will be in a TPG holder soon, which may or may not slow the process down. If the note wasn't so darn nice, great original paper, really clean, good margins, no folds or crinkles, a GEM note with a teller stamp, then I probably would have left it alone. It is super nice now, and flawless when viewed "in hand".[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SteveInTampa, post: 1035578, member: 27107"]Krispy is correct , it is not easy to remove ink imbedded in natural fiber paper, especially when it's been there the better part of 70 years. I've tried it with different types of ink on common notes. I've tried acetone, bleach, and lacquer thinner. I tried it enough times to determine that I knew it was a job for a professional. I paid $40 plus shipping both ways, and I have fairly sophisticated lighting and magnafication at my disposal. I cannot tell the note has been altered.....but that's not to say what's going to happen, or not happen in the future. It will be in a TPG holder soon, which may or may not slow the process down. If the note wasn't so darn nice, great original paper, really clean, good margins, no folds or crinkles, a GEM note with a teller stamp, then I probably would have left it alone. It is super nice now, and flawless when viewed "in hand".[/QUOTE]
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