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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Notaphylic_C, post: 26092866, member: 130786&quot;]Absolutely: nobody (who knows these series) would argue with you there.&nbsp; That is why if you can find a note which hasn&#039;t been tampered with (washed being the most common form of processing) it will retain/possibly gain value (&amp; you will be able to sell it for more than what you paid for). A consideration.</p><p><br /></p><p>Why pay for the wash job if you can find an example with original (even lightly pressed or note with minor pinhole) that would appeal to a larger collector base? </p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s the challenge with these older series where the majority have been washed to make more $ then they would have had they been left in their original condition (minority).&nbsp; However, the tide is slowly turning in favour of original PPQ/EPQ.&nbsp; Even VF (&amp; lower) have often been washed. I often see ungraded examples of tough notes that haven&#039;t been processed go for a steal b/c it showed honest wear (but wasn&#039;t processed). </p><p><br /></p><p>The 2nd Philadelphia example looks more problem free. </p><p><br /></p><p>The 1935 $20 example below, took me 4-5 years to find which PMG gave VF 35 EPQ:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1663110[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1663111[/ATTACH] </p><p>After I purchased this I saw more notes graded higher (without EPQ) and dull washed out &quot;rose colour&quot; both for the obverse &amp; reverse (no green planchettes).&nbsp;&nbsp; I consider this not more collectible b/c it hasn&#039;t been doctored.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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