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<p>[QUOTE="MEC2, post: 1573162, member: 38692"]I am more of a design collector than a subtype collector - trying to get all of the surcharges or little variants is outside my collecting interest. Though I did, like on the Meredith issue, get a long key, short key, and green key. </p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The bayonet never runs out of ammunition.</p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>They are float frames, I get them at Michaels but you can get that at Amazon as well. The key isn't the frames as much as the glass. I use <a href="http://www.tru-vue.com/Tru-Vue/Products/33/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tru-vue.com/Tru-Vue/Products/33/" rel="nofollow">conservation glass</a> that is coated to block 99% of UV light, allow maximum light transfer plus drastically reduce glare. Unless you get a direct reflection, the conservation glass is almost completely undetectable - the notes seem to actually be floating in space. I have to tell people don't touch because it looks like the notes are suspended in air.</p><p><br /></p><p>Time for new notes! My scanner is in, and while I am still playing a little bit it's time to start scanning all of my new arrivals. I got a nice batch of TRUE radar notes - here's the 66PPQ variant. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/MEC2DFW/For%20Sale/Radar66.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Also got a 65PPQ and 64PPQ... always have preferred the true radars, having the district not match the block makes my teeth itch. Figure I'll keep one and sell the others hopefully for enough to cover the cost of the one I keep. The new scanner does a good job, really like the clarity on this scan. The color is a little strong on blue and it's a struggle to get modern greenbacks colored right (too much yellow in the paper, blue in the ink) but I will work on it...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="MEC2, post: 1573162, member: 38692"]I am more of a design collector than a subtype collector - trying to get all of the surcharges or little variants is outside my collecting interest. Though I did, like on the Meredith issue, get a long key, short key, and green key. The bayonet never runs out of ammunition. They are float frames, I get them at Michaels but you can get that at Amazon as well. The key isn't the frames as much as the glass. I use [URL="http://www.tru-vue.com/Tru-Vue/Products/33/"]conservation glass[/URL] that is coated to block 99% of UV light, allow maximum light transfer plus drastically reduce glare. Unless you get a direct reflection, the conservation glass is almost completely undetectable - the notes seem to actually be floating in space. I have to tell people don't touch because it looks like the notes are suspended in air. Time for new notes! My scanner is in, and while I am still playing a little bit it's time to start scanning all of my new arrivals. I got a nice batch of TRUE radar notes - here's the 66PPQ variant. [IMG]http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/MEC2DFW/For%20Sale/Radar66.jpg[/IMG] Also got a 65PPQ and 64PPQ... always have preferred the true radars, having the district not match the block makes my teeth itch. Figure I'll keep one and sell the others hopefully for enough to cover the cost of the one I keep. The new scanner does a good job, really like the clarity on this scan. The color is a little strong on blue and it's a struggle to get modern greenbacks colored right (too much yellow in the paper, blue in the ink) but I will work on it...[/QUOTE]
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