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<p>[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 65077, member: 57463"]One of the maxims in collecting is: <b>If you don't know your material, know your <u>dealer</u>.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I would rather pay more to a dealer I know who knows me than to pay less and thereby assume more risk.</p><p><br /></p><p>I took a brief, but intense interest in these when I applied for a qualification as an ANA Exhibit Judge in Paper Money. (I did not get that, but I did get qualified for Literature.) So, I saw a lot of notes and talked to a few dealers. From your scans, yours look real enough. The last two are about dead-on for what I expect a note at that price to look like. </p><p><br /></p><p>I do not often see things that I <u>must</u> <u>have</u>, but Colonial paper money is one of those few things. You have some wonderful examples.</p><p><br /></p><p>(You can get them certified by several authorities, including Numismatic Guaranty Corporation, the official grading service of the ANA: <a href="http://www.ngccoin.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ngccoin.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.ngccoin.com/</a>)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 65077, member: 57463"]One of the maxims in collecting is: [B]If you don't know your material, know your [U]dealer[/U].[/B] I would rather pay more to a dealer I know who knows me than to pay less and thereby assume more risk. I took a brief, but intense interest in these when I applied for a qualification as an ANA Exhibit Judge in Paper Money. (I did not get that, but I did get qualified for Literature.) So, I saw a lot of notes and talked to a few dealers. From your scans, yours look real enough. The last two are about dead-on for what I expect a note at that price to look like. I do not often see things that I [U]must[/U] [U]have[/U], but Colonial paper money is one of those few things. You have some wonderful examples. (You can get them certified by several authorities, including Numismatic Guaranty Corporation, the official grading service of the ANA: [url]http://www.ngccoin.com/[/url])[/QUOTE]
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