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<p>[QUOTE="krispy, post: 1465846, member: 19065"]I agree with the other assessments and possibilities so far posited. I will add that <i>yellow</i> (and often orange as well) is a very finicky color especially in any intaglio printing process. If it's just the yellow that looks faded, both it's delicate nature (were it washed and re-pressed) and the possibility that it was simply under inked when originally printed is entirely plausible. The later may account for why the note is as crisp as it is despite the weak color of the yellow features.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would suggest posting the note on <b>Collectors Society</b> <a href="http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=postlist&Board=51" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=postlist&Board=51" rel="nofollow"><b>Ask PMG</b></a>, and wait for one of the PMG experts to give you an opinion on whether you might want to send it in for review to more conclusively find out what's up with the note.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="krispy, post: 1465846, member: 19065"]I agree with the other assessments and possibilities so far posited. I will add that [I]yellow[/I] (and often orange as well) is a very finicky color especially in any intaglio printing process. If it's just the yellow that looks faded, both it's delicate nature (were it washed and re-pressed) and the possibility that it was simply under inked when originally printed is entirely plausible. The later may account for why the note is as crisp as it is despite the weak color of the yellow features. I would suggest posting the note on [B]Collectors Society[/B] [URL="http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=postlist&Board=51"][B]Ask PMG[/B][/URL], and wait for one of the PMG experts to give you an opinion on whether you might want to send it in for review to more conclusively find out what's up with the note.[/QUOTE]
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