nutmegcollector Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 Fr. 217 $1 1886 Grade: PCGS VF 35 PPQ This note was originally sold for $650 at Lyn Knight auction on March 19, 2010 See the magical transformation! On April 12, 2010, the same note (look at the serial number) appears on ebay as a High Grade note. eBay auction ends tonight. Current bid $960.00 Beware of unscrupulous sellers! This note apparently had been doctored, passing as higher grade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saor Alba Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 Heritage has a much better system for tracking stuff you bought from them, unfortunately I am ta cheap to pay for the subscription service from LKCA to find out about old stuff. And caveat emptor on fleaBay, unless you are buying newer stuff, anything old is automatically suspect of some malfeasance these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeeeeezo Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 what am i exactly looking at? The change in color??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtryka Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 I am not sure about the doctoring, thought it appears suspect, however certainly the photo is inaccurate if the note remains in the same condition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nutmegcollector Posted April 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 what am i exactly looking at? The change in color??? The note appears cleaner and wringle free. Looks like it had been washed and ironed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nutmegcollector Posted April 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 The note appears cleaner and wringle free. Looks like it had been washed and ironed. The blue serial number and the red seal also look faded. A strong indication that the note had been washed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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