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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collecting Nut, post: 2260153, member: 74863&quot;]Easily identifiable to an expert for the purpose of grading and identifying is a falsehood. It really doesn&#039;t exist. You MUST be able to prove your claim as such. If it&#039;s removed the original holder, it no longer exists as per the holder. Your claim that it came from that holder MUST be proven again. Presenting the holder and saying &quot;I removed this bill from this holder&quot; is not proof of your claim. You must have all supporting documentation to have it identified as to what it is.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unless you have every piece of paper, every auction document to show it&#039;s history, you&#039;ll never be able to prove it. To the person you would be asking to sign their name to as to what your claim is, even though you are telling the truth, is unacceptable to them. I for one, would not accept nor sign my name based on that claim. You MUST prove your claim.</p><p><br /></p><p>You also state, &quot;if marketed correctly the new buyer probably wouldn&#039;t care that much about the provenance, I didn&#039;t really.&quot; You MUST market it correctly which is a difficult thing to do if you want to make money when you sell it. You didn&#039;t care and MAYBE the new buyer won&#039;t care but the last owner could have cared, as well as the next owner. No one knows what future owners care about but if I was interested in this bill, I want it professionally graded and labeled. In other words, I care.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;My mind says it&#039;s already damaged and can&#039;t get worse.&quot; As for this quote of yours, it can get worse. Taping the bill makes it worse. Over time, what happens to the tape. It gets old, cracks and turns yellow. It may even crack and fall off. That leaves a sticky residue on the bill that turns darker. Years from now, the bill is in worse condition that it was when you bought it. Maybe for you, maybe for another owner but the bill has been damaged more than it already is and you made it that way by trying to fix or repair it. It would be better to have 2 halves than tape on the bill to prevent it from tearing in two pieces.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course it won&#039;t grade clean but it will grade. Again, your $3.00 note is in much better condition than the only other $3.00 note known. To do anything to it would be a shame and cause more damage to the note in the future. Personally, I would never purchase a note with tape on it.</p><p><br /></p><p>You are correct that not all collectors are savvy. Maybe the previous owners knew enough not to alter the bill by taping it. Check with your local preservation or historical society. Yes, coin cleaning was once a thing but it is not any longer so apply that to bills as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>As the new owner, you responsibility to future collectors, is to preserve this bill, not repair it. Best wishes but as a collector of expensive notes, I&#039;d leave it as you purchased it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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