Pressing banknotes

[jb1967]

Sometimes I read in auction descriptions that a banknote "has never been pressed"

 

Is it a sin or something? I mean if the note is F or VF is it preferable curly ?

 

Just wondering...

[gxseries]

What I believe is that generally banknotes that are pressed; typically notes that have been "ironed" have a tendency to be "weak" or flimpsy, as the fibers of the notes are stretched, and hence not too recommanded.

[gpnyc]

Pressing a note is a form of doctoring and is typically frowned upon by banknote collectors. Just as in the case of coins, collectors place a premium on originality.

 

When you press a note, you do so with the intent to make the note look nicer than it really is. There's really no other reason to do it. Yet at the same time, you are invariably "flattening" the engraving on the note. As such, a pressed note is fairly easy to detect in hand but not so easy to see in an image which is why so many pressed notes end up on eBay.

[Scottishmoney]

If I see a pressed note I will not buy it, I would rather have an original note that seemingly looks worse, but has not been doctored. Collectors usually will avoid pressed notes like the plaque.

[bobbycoin]

So does this have to include heat to be "pressed"? If I have a wrinkled note that curls a bit and I stick it in a note holder beteen some huge books, is this "pressing"?

 

-Bobby

[superbeast1098]

So does this have to include heat to be "pressed"? If I have a wrinkled note that curls a bit and I stick it in a note holder beteen some huge books, is this "pressing"?

 

-Bobby

 

 

 

I think that if you put a curled note in a book to try to flatten it out, it should work reasonably ok..... Personally, I wouldnt do it though.....

 

 

KFC