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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;funkee, post: 1614920, member: 37925&quot;]Do not ever iron currency. It will not do any good for the creases or folds. All it will do is make the paper flimsy and weak.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you wish to frame the currency, my recommendation is to steam the notes over a kettle. Then place the note between two sheets of white paper. Put the paper inside of a large book. Place that book on a flat surface. Then stack as many books on it as you can.</p><p><br /></p><p>The white paper will prevent the ink from the book&#039;s pages from smearing onto the note.</p><p><br /></p><p>Leave it there for 48 hours and then remove it.</p><p><br /></p><p>It will make the creases less pronounced, but it will void it of any embossing. If you sent it in for grading, you will automatically forfeit a PPQ/EPQ/OPQ grade, which represents original paper quality and embossing. It may even earn it a Apparent/Net grade, which will hurt the value even more.</p><p><br /></p><p>The steam allows the fibers to stretch and relax. When placed under weight, the fibers dry and firm up in the position they are.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have done this with a few notes in order to frame them. It does improve the appearance of otherwise crisp notes that have a few folds or bends. It will do nothing for a worn note or a note that has already seen moisture and subsequently damaged or crumpled (like in a washing machine).</p><p><br /></p><p>This is still considered doctoring of the note to improve its appearance. As long as you don&#039;t use this method to fool buyers into thinking its a higher grade, then it&#039;s fine with me. Check out these notes: <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t215040/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t215040/">http://www.cointalk.com/t215040/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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