My Denomination Banknote Collection - 1937 To Present

Personally, I feel that BCS is a stickler for a concept of UNC that doesn't exist. He habitually knocks down UNC notes for very minor issues that would be overlooked by other TPG'ers IMO. I own several 60, 62 & 63's that were plucked from bricks or bundles. They may have been very slightly mishandled but I think the low # are too common. Other than the registry being a bit off (for the 63's) I have never been able to pinpoint what he didn't like on the note in question. I have never seen so many 60's & 62's placed on so many of my UNC notes: a number very seldom on a PMG holder. I have started to rethink the BCS grades so that a 60 would be 62, a 63 would be 65 & a 64 would be a 66 in PMG holders. I may be off on this estimate but I know a few collectors who would agree with me. Unfortunately, I also suspect this is the reason we're seeing so many BoC notes now being certified by Legacy.

When I started back into the hobby the Birds Series were on their way out & the Journey was just being released around 2001/2002. The problem with the Birds series (for me anyway) was the lack of change overs & short prefixes. The only real excitement (for some) was that they had insert replacements but I really wasn't into those.

I always got fired up when a new series was released so I followed the Journey series closely & posted some of the notes I picked up in this thread. Many were bought since their release was never straight forward & regional across Canada (meaning you may never see prefix in ON but may see it in Quebec or Alberta).
http://goccf.com/t/417980

I agree, BCS grades tend to be a step or two lower than PMG and PCGS. I find that BCS is more of a grader for collectors (a conservative grade) and the others tend to be for sellers at a grade or two higher.

I have sent in a total of 3 notes to BCS that I had cut out of a holder, just to see what BCS would give them. Two of them received drastically lower grades (what I suspected) and one graded 63 by PMG came back a 64 by BCS (I believed this note to be higher than what PMG graded). I didn't have much cost involved in these so it was an interesting experiment.

I have had BCS grade some of my collection and others I've purchased. I like how consistent they are and for convenience, as I live nearby.

As the saying goes: buy the note, not the holder.




I have heard this as well. You would think they would want to make things easier to attract more customers.

Super set of today's polymer! (Great grades too)

Thanks!

Amazing set of 1935 Q60! I really like your English $5 & $10. People have no idea how hard these can be to find with the Q. I also like the eye appeal on your French $10 & $20 (both very clean & attractive to look at).

I would love to own a French $2, $10 & $20. I still don't own a graded example of the English $1.00 (which booked at $500 when I started hunting for one), nor the English $5 which was equally affordable when I started looking but now seem out of this world expensive.

Care to share the back of one of each? (what I love about the 1935 series is the allegorical designs on the reverse).

Great collection! Nice seeing both the English and French versions. Thanks for showing all of them.

A brilliant effort!


I know I have. Thank you for sharing!