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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;numismatic_bernard, post: 2856631, member: 76437&quot;]Hi lettow,</p><p>Thanks for your reply. To be honest, the washed UNC is still very attractive. There is only slight bleached spots visible on the corner but not very obvious. However, when you try to hold the paper, it is still quite firm and when you try to shake the paper vertically, it still has that crisp sound - i.e. the so called &quot;live&quot; that we use to describe original attractive note. If you view it under the light, the surface of the note is smooth without any folds. The color for both notes (washed UNC vs original VF), when compared side by side, is equally attractive with your naked eyes (this note has very beautiful colorful image on the back).</p><p><br /></p><p>Hi mikenoodle,</p><p>Thanks for your reply. It&#039;s interesting you still would select the original one.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hi all,</p><p>When I think of it, this is pretty interesting especially when most people would still select the original VF given that the price, according to traditional understanding, (washed note would have it&#039;s original grade lower by one grade and in this case, the note originally probably AU or XF+ to achieve such grade after washing) should still be at XF or VF+ which is definitely better than the unwashed original VF note but overall appearance when you see both of them side by side, the washed UNC is so much more attractive.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just in case if any of you would like to know how the note looks like -&gt; </p><p><a href="https://www.ma-shops.com/deruiter/item.php5?id=4342&amp;lang=en" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ma-shops.com/deruiter/item.php5?id=4342&amp;lang=en" rel="nofollow">https://www.ma-shops.com/deruiter/item.php5?id=4342&amp;lang=en</a></p><p>Note that the link above is just a reference (cause I don&#039;t have any pictures of the notes I described above) and has nothing to do with the notes I described above.</p><p><br /></p><p>Best regards[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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