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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1177017, member: 26302"]I bought a box of notes like this once, and took them to a friend who was a long time "raghead". He told me, short of conservation, (professional), all he would recommend is thorough drying and storage with a drying agent. He said he had tried with different ideas over the years, but all of them had drawbacks as bad or worst than doing nothing but that. Most chemicals used would affect the design, as most inks are not as strong as the chemicals used. He said bleach could be used on some notes, (like US), but with foreign notes many times they either destroy the paper over time or run the ink. </p><p><br /></p><p>They were only a box of notgeld, so I just took his advice. I never liked the mildewy smell though so sold them off a few years later.</p><p><br /></p><p>Don't know if that helps, but that was my experience with mildewed notes. Based on this, I would just dry it out.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1177017, member: 26302"]I bought a box of notes like this once, and took them to a friend who was a long time "raghead". He told me, short of conservation, (professional), all he would recommend is thorough drying and storage with a drying agent. He said he had tried with different ideas over the years, but all of them had drawbacks as bad or worst than doing nothing but that. Most chemicals used would affect the design, as most inks are not as strong as the chemicals used. He said bleach could be used on some notes, (like US), but with foreign notes many times they either destroy the paper over time or run the ink. They were only a box of notgeld, so I just took his advice. I never liked the mildewy smell though so sold them off a few years later. Don't know if that helps, but that was my experience with mildewed notes. Based on this, I would just dry it out.[/QUOTE]
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