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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gatzdon, post: 337668, member: 8247&quot;]That said, sometimes it&#039;s better leave well enough alone.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have an old $10 bill that was torn up, then taped back together.&nbsp; I soaked the bill in water, carefully removed the tape, but some tape residue stayed with the note.&nbsp; Unfortunately, that residue turned white when the note dried.&nbsp; Due to the notes condition, I decided to leave the residue rather than risk making it worse.&nbsp; Ultimately, the residue helped hold the pieces in proper arrangement when I put them in a mylar holder.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, since you don&#039;t know what will make the notes better (or possibly worse), I would leave the notes alone for now, considering their value to you comes from the source of the notes rather than the specific notes themselves.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now if you are motivated, goto a fairly well stocked coin shop that deals in paper.&nbsp; They often have piles of foreign currency that nobody even looks at.&nbsp; Tell the dealer what you are trying to do and see if he has any identical notes for cheap.&nbsp;&nbsp; Then experiment on those notes (such as soaking them in water, applying acetone, rubbing with soft eraser, etc...) to see what type of techniques they can withstand without further damage.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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