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Message:: [QUOTE="ewomack, post: 8198821, member: 15588"]I learned the hard way about cleaned and treated coins, so it seems worthwhile to ask similar and basic questions about paper money. While reading the "Paper Money" forum over the years, I've heard references to "ironed bills" or "altered bills." Are these roughly equivalent to cleaned coins? I'm guessing that one can tell whether a bill has gone under the iron by looking at it, but how much does this affect the value? As much as whizzing a coin? For example, the bill below looks "okay" overall, but the three large almost parallel folds obviously detract quite a bit aesthetically. Plus, they look "flattened" to me, but I could be wrong. Would people suspect this as an "ironed" bill?<img src="https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/183/F/6/Fe6H3byAD9ptkY49X22zWKg8bN5B7s.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Another example from my own collection is below - the folds look "flattened" to me - would this be considered "treated" in any way? You should be able to click on the picture to zoom in for more detail. [ATTACH=full]1436401[/ATTACH] What other things should one look for when trying to determine whether a bill was "treated?" I've also heard about edge trimming and "creative" inking. Do any good books exist that would answer some of these questions? I'm still learning the ways of paper money and this forum has helped quite a bit, so thank you![/QUOTE]