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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 1473122, member: 19065&quot;]Hold on just a minute there guys... Notes that lie perfectly flat <u>are not</u> in the least bit unusual. Nor is it the ink that causes paper to ripple. It is entirely due to paper which has been dampened for the printing process, or improperly controlled moisture and/or pressure during printing and subsequent drying stages, or paper that has been exposed to moisture later in the notes life.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;Notes that escape circulation and remain in collectors care, when compared to overall printage throughout currency history, are what are <i>unusual</i>. Notes like the one from the era of the OPs example and before it are rarer still for surviving unblemmished and problem free for so long.</p><p><br /></p><p>In fact, &quot;when you think about it&quot;, <b>all notes are pressed</b>. All intaglio and litho printed notes go through tremendous pressure of the printing press. Gem notes are the combination of printing and material controlls. Notes come out on crisp sheets, which in the past were cut down by hand. And anymore, for many many years already, notes are machine cut in large stacks, bound and packaged to make their way into circulation, some being plucked for collections in GEM state.</p><p><br /></p><p>The intaglio printing process, when properly controlled will not produce prints with such wavy after effects, even though paper is want to absorb moisture and ripple. This is even more true of the BEP and their ever sophisticated approach to controlling and perfecting the traditional printing technique. Quality controlled and inspected notes do not typically emerge in this state (despite the occassionally missed &quot;error&quot; note displaying crushed wrinkles amongst other printing and QC faux pas that collectors pay a premium for.) </p><p><br /></p><p>The OP&#039;s note would not have been trimmed from a sheet which displayed this wavy appearance overall. If the entire original sheet were like that, the edges would not be easy to but so square as we see them to be on this note. Again, the problem is more likely due to what I cited above, improper storage in a humid environment and a holder that is not sealed which can and did absorb moisture, since being certified and holdered.</p><p><br /></p><p>Further, if we could inspect the embossing of the note, we could check it&#039;s quality and the paper surface for being original and not tampered with re-pressing which would alter the surface and usually crushes some if not all of the raised ink lines printed on the note.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course some unscrupulous people or dealers have <i>re-</i>pressed&nbsp; some notes in the hope of improving their notes appeal, potentially decieving&nbsp; buyers of such notes and perhaps attempting to profit from this action and deception. When you&nbsp; think about the sheer numbers of paper currency out there over the last&nbsp; century alone, there&#039;s no way any one had access to nor time and ability enough to effectively press all those perfectly GEM notes that you posit to be suspect.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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