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Canada
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New Member
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Valued Member
Canada
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If you are trying to flatten them in that book. You should probably not do that. Pressed notes are less valuable.
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New Member
Canada
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Unfortunately the gentleman who collected these kept them in the book for the past 50 years
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Those are some pretty nice banknotes.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Unfortunately, books were the wrong thing to store these notes in. Most different types of paper have chlorine included as a whitening agent. Chlorine also assists to delay attack by bugs and mildew. Works for a while, but the paper eventually weakens and yellows, and may completely break up in the worst cases. Most of us have come across old books in a rather sorry state; they are usually thrown out. Same thing can also happen to old banknotes that have been stored between the pages of books for many years. Let's hope that these Notes aren't too badly affected. Depends on the amount of chlorine that was originally used in the making the the paper, and the length of time that the notes have been stored between the pages. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have always found the fractional Notes of Canada and the United States very interesting.  |
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Canada
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^^ ouf, ok thank you for clearing that up! I'm not sure if any more damage can occur given these have been there for decades and decades, but what would be the most economical / home supplies storage solution for these notes temporarily? I'm also interested in knowing if any of them are worth grading? I really don't know how that works, I'm a bit more familiar when it comes to trading cards, but not currency at all.. like my shriveled dominion of Canada 25c, would someone actually send it to get graded knowing it will most likely come back with the poorest rating?
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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Only the two 1917 Bank of Commerce notes may be worth getting graded.
The 1911 dollar bill may grade too low to be worth submitting.
For the rest the cost of grading would eat up most of the value.
The yellow banque scolaire note is school "play money".
You have no Dominion Bank notes.
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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Canada
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Thank you, and figured about the cost of grading chewing up any profits. And there's 2 x 25c Dominion of Canada + a 1 x 1$ note in there. None really in great condition.. I also have about 1-20 uncirculated 1$ non devil face the Commemoration ones, would those be worth grading or nah there's so many of them out there wouldn't change much uncirculated or not
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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This collection sure fits the description of the East of Edmonton Collection that was found.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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If your LCS is not open due to COVID-19, and you are not able to buy Mylar banknote album pages, then
use clear acrylic sheet, recovered from food packaging or tools or toys packaging. Probably better than Mylar note album pages.
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Canada
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@Chadcoins not sure what you're referring to, a google search didn't pull up much except for a 2018 robbery at an East Edmonton coin store.. I would have actually liked knowing I managed to recover / source this store owner's partially unrecoverwd collection and return it all back, but this collection has been in a chest that was gifted to my Father in the 80s from a tenant of his who passed alone and was some Austrian Jewish military WWI + II survivor individual, thus all the military-related memorabilia in the chest as well as all the Soviet medals, British cap badges, etc. And paper currency and coins from all those countries, the Canadian stuff I managed to go through properly is only a fraction of what's left for me to discover.
@Sel thank you! They are open, but I'm personally avoiding unnecessary commutes. I notice I have one of those horizontal rectangular booklets/albums with like a frosty thicker clear plastic, can that work? Or if the sleeves are too tight I might just be risking ripping the notes :/
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New Member
Canada
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Also, in terms of rarity, based on my research, the 1917 Bank of Commerce 5$ + 10$ notes seem to be the rarest and most valuable of the bunch, given their conditions as well.
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03/19/2020 9:38 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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1. @ OP hiddengems:- I happen to be a gemcutter, Aussie yellow sapphire is my fav cutting material.
2. I have voluntarily put myself put myself in a California style self isolation as well, sooo... see (1.) above.
3. Don't put your notes in PolyVinylChloride note album pages. As a temporary alternative, store them all in a clip lock polyethylene clip-lock bag, then store them flat.
Edited by sel_69l
03/19/2020 10:24 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Anything used for food is also safe for coins and banknotes, like food freezer bags or "zip lock" bags. The heavier ones will be a little stiffer.
But since they have been in the book for 50 years a few more weeks can hardly make much of a difference.
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New Member
Canada
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Thank you everyone, and are there any salvaging techniques to help damaged notes? Or this is the same concept of don't clean your coins so don't like iron your notes haha
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