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<p>[QUOTE="Niel, post: 365532, member: 13422"]This 1963 $5 USN is a definite XF. It has a significant center fold that was 'worked out' , but you'd never know it from the scan. I did not do any photoshopping or other corrective work. It is simply a JPG reduction of a 600dpi TIFF scan. Just putting it up as an example to show how scans can be misleading, even when there is no ill intentions.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anybody else buy a note via a pix they thought was one thing that turned out differently once it was in hand?</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, I bought this on an impulse from a coin shop a long time ago before I had any idea how to grade notes. I paid CU money for it. I might finally make back what I paid for it. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Niel, post: 365532, member: 13422"]This 1963 $5 USN is a definite XF. It has a significant center fold that was 'worked out' , but you'd never know it from the scan. I did not do any photoshopping or other corrective work. It is simply a JPG reduction of a 600dpi TIFF scan. Just putting it up as an example to show how scans can be misleading, even when there is no ill intentions. Anybody else buy a note via a pix they thought was one thing that turned out differently once it was in hand? BTW, I bought this on an impulse from a coin shop a long time ago before I had any idea how to grade notes. I paid CU money for it. I might finally make back what I paid for it. ;) :eek:[/QUOTE]
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