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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SteveInTampa, post: 2568778, member: 27107&quot;]Unfortunately, there is no way to properly detect folds from scans or photographs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Early on, while attending a large coin and currency show (FUN 2011) I stopped by Scott Lindquist&#039;s table and he was kind enough to talk to me about grading paper money. He said the key was to get a small, LED flashlight and shine it across the paper, from end to end.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i596.photobucket.com/albums/tt47/mbwizkid/embossing002.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>He showed me this with 6 or 7 different notes. It not only detects unseen folds but also shows any embossing, as with the serial numbers. When I left the show, I stopped by Home Depot and picked up a small LED flashlight like Scott used. It&#039;s an LED Lenser. It&#039;s about 7/8&quot; diameter and only 4&quot; long with an aluminum body. I use it with every note I get. While Scott was explaining grading to me another collector stopped by, and then another, and another, and by the time he was done there was at least a dozen of us hanging on every word he was saying. Scott Lindquist is one of the authors of the Standard Guide to Small-Sized U.S. Paper Money.</p><p><br /></p><p>Photographs and scans are OK for general eye appeal, but even that can be manipulated with lighting.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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