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Message:: [QUOTE="krispy, post: 1093763, member: 19065"]Greetings paper money collectors and welcome to the curious numismatists finding themselves in the paper money forum... Regulars to the Paper Money section of CT see plenty of threads initiated by new or non-paper money collectors asking, "What is the grade and value of my note, if anything?" Many are themselves coin collectors who understand coin grading to some degree but haven't learned much about grading paper money let alone understand how to navigate the features of a note, how to identify a note in a guide book or look up general price guide estimates by catalog numbers. Many are not immediately aware of how many free resources there are online to answer these questions, let alone do they explore the grading systems of the top third party grading companies for paper money: <a href="http://www.pmgnotes.com/grading/grading-scale.asp" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pmgnotes.com/grading/grading-scale.asp" rel="nofollow">PMG Notes</a> and <a href="http://www.pcgscurrency.com/g_scale.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgscurrency.com/g_scale.html" rel="nofollow">PCGS Currency</a>. We see many 'Guess the Grade' threads for coin discussion, but we don't really do the same with notes here on CT much. Another issue are the various quality of photos of coins and attempting to grade others coins from all manner of good-to-bad pics. Knowing what to look for in bad photos is important especially since so many surf online auction listings for items of interest. It's easy enough to avoid listings with bad images but there may always lurk a nicer piece you'd rather not have missed if not for the poor images. Those who don't buy from the top auction houses with good quality photos or scans are often confronted with poor quality images which complicates personal grading and expectations. Especially notorious are those images ill-composed, that suffer from soft focus, are drastically off-color and those made at severe angles under low light conditions hiding problems from buyers.   In this thread, I'd like both novice and dedicated paper collectors alike to join in and guess the grade of this note. Please stick around and follow this thread for a few days afterward for another round when I reveal better images and finally, the grade this note was given. It can be good practice and educational fun for the new and curious to read others' comments and flex their grading skills too. I know we have several new paper money collectors who are starting out or just expanding into paper for the first foray so hopefully the thread can be of some aid and exercise. For this example, I am using a note which has been graded by one of the two grading services mentioned above. The note hasn't been posted on CT previously. • First, I will start by posting this cropped version of the actual images used when this note was sold. Post your grading comments/concerns regarding what you think the note should grade and/or did grade by the TPG. • Second, in a few days time when posts slow, I will post good scans of the same note for another round of grading, allowing those who so choose to, to readjust comments and grades. • Third and finally, after a few more days, I will reveal the grade on the holder so we can all see how well the grading experiment went. The note is an F-2309 Series of 1934-A $10 Silver Certificate, Yellow SealWW2 Emergency Issue currency for North Africa and the Mediterranean theaters.SN: A 99808300 A <img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/US%20Currency%20-%20HAWAII%20and%20North%20Africa/F-2309_1934A_10_NA_SC_A.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Let's refrain from comments/opinions about  the TPGs as this isn't a critique of them, their graders and the  services they offer, nor a comparison between the various grading  companies. Don't worry about the grades you give, they will not offend.[/QUOTE]

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