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Message:: [QUOTE="clembo, post: 560188, member: 8033"]I figure any relatively serious paper money collector just plain HATES these "pens". Put that big mark on a larger denomination note to make sure it's real. So how long does that mark last? Will it affect grading? Well, I'm not so sure it will in the long run. Three months ago we sent a bunch of stuff to PCGS as they were running a special. I included three of my own notes as the price was right.We FINALLY got notification that our notes were headed back to us. Of the three notes I sent in one was a nice $50 error note. I figured why not - it's an obvious error so why not get a grade on it. I originally procured this note (sorry no pics) several years ago at face value at a nearby gas station. Cashier showed it to me and asked "can you believe it's real?" I did of course and gave her $50 for it.Naturally she had used "the pen" on it to verify it was real. A nice crisp error note with an annoying brown streak from that infernal pen!As time went by that mark faded - to the point where you coulnd't see it. Well, I now know what it was graded.MS64PPQ! So here's a note I bought from a cashier that had been handled AT LEAST buy a bank, an "inbetween" party and a cashier. Then it was hit with the pen and now merits a 64 grade. I'll post pics when I can folks. My computer is down and that's the one the scanner runs off. Bottom line is that apparently those pens fade to nothing after time. At least in this case. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> clembo[/QUOTE]

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