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Help Me Evaluate 1900 25c Shinplaster

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 Posted 03/20/2012  7:16 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add loonietoon to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Greeting CCF. A friend showed me this note today, a 1900 confederation of Canada 25c shinplaster. It looks unc no creases no folds, looks like its been in its plastic holder its whole life. Its got a very slight stain in the top right corner. Hard to see becuase of the Iphone pictures. Its miscut as well which you can kind of make out in the photo. I dont have any books,or literature on notes so I dont know what its worth. Thanks for all your input guys.

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 Posted 03/20/2012  8:04 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coincollect1 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
That is a nice miscut. But I dont have the books either. Going to have to wait for the experts, but this is a very nice note
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 Posted 03/20/2012  8:49 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add SHAFTA9a to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
DC-15b, .25 cent (shinplaster), in AU condition approx. $150.00, if it's unc. $450.00, and with the miscut maybe more.

Nice note.
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 Posted 03/20/2012  8:56 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add loonietoon to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
You can see the stain better than I thought on the back of the bill, top right corner. If it wasnt for that I would say it was unc without a doubt. I imagine the stain would default it to an AU. I'm hoping CanadaBanknotes will chime in here. Seems to know it all when it comes to notes.
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 Posted 03/20/2012  8:57 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add loonietoon to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
In my first post I called it a confederation note, oops I meant dominion.
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 Posted 03/20/2012  9:00 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add collectall to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I don't know if this will help,but one shinplaster,the same as yours,signature and all,recently sold for $10.00(And it was only in VG condition)
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03/20/2012 9:01 pm
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 Posted 03/20/2012  9:48 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add nickle nubber to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Nice note there buddy, where did you find that one.
Do you collect these notes? or did you get it when you were PLASTERED
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 Posted 03/20/2012  9:55 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add loonietoon to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I felt bad for buying nothing but album pages and 2x2's from the local coin shop, so yesterday I bought a heavily circulated 1922 shinplaster for 5 bucks. I happened to find this one at a womens house I was working at. Doubt she will let it go for any amount of money. She got it from her mother, it caught my eye becuase it was so crisp. Only when I leaned in to take the picture I saw it was miscut. Pretty neat.
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 Posted 03/20/2012  10:45 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Canadian-Banknotes to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
You might get a slight premium for the miscut error. Believe it or not, these are actually quite common errors, because these notes were cut by hand.
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 Posted 03/21/2012  12:27 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add kuh_85 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Check the on-line bank note price guide http://www.coinsandcanada.com/bank-...-prices.php. I think the stain would prevent it being UN and maybe even AU. Without that it looks great. N.
• UN (Uncirculated) - A perfectly preserved note with crisp clean paper and sharp square corners.
• AU (About Uncirculated) - An almost perfect note with only very minor handling. May have a bank counting fold at a corner or one light fold through the center. A note in this condition cannot be creased, a crease being a hard fold which has "broken" the surface of the note. Paper is clean and corners are not rounded.
• XF (Extremely Fine) - A very attractive note with only light handling. May have a maximum of three light folds or one strong crease. Paper is clean and corners may show only the slightest evidence of rounding. There may also be the slightest sign of wear where a fold meets the edge.
• VF (Very Fine) - An attractive note, but with more evidence of handling and wear. May have several folds both vertically and horizontally. Paper may have minimal dirt but is still relatively crisp and not floppy. There are no tears into the border area, but may show slight wear. Corners also show wear but not full rounding.
• F (Fine) - A note which shows considerable circulation, but is still on the desirable side. Has many folds, creases and wrinkling. Paper is not excessively dirty but may have some softness. Edges may also show much handling, with minor tears into the border area but not extending into the design. There will be no center hole because of excessive folding. A staple hole or two may also be present.
• VG (Very Good) - A well used and abused note, but still intact with no pieces missing. Corners may have much wear and rounding with tiny nicks and tears that may extend into the design. Paper may have some discoloration or staining and a small hole may also be seen at center from excessive folding. Staple and pinholes are usually present, and the note itself is quite limp. Overall, a note in this condition is not necessarily unattractive.
• G (Good) - A well used and heavily circulated note. Normal damage from prolonged circulation will include strong multiple folds and creases, stains, pinholes and/or staple holes, dirt, discoloration, edge tears, center hole from excessive folding and rounded corners. No large pieces of the note may be missing and graffiti may be present. Overall, an unattractive appearance.
• P (Poor) - A note with severe damage because of wear, staining, pieces missing, graffiti and larger holes. May have tape holding pieces of the note together and trimming may have taken place to remove rough edges. A note in this condition is only desirable as a filler or when no other note of this particular issue is available.
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 Posted 03/22/2012  9:05 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add loonietoon to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Turns out the bill is not stained. I took a closer second look when I was over there today, she has the note in a special shinplater holder and then stuffed in another holder. Turns out there is just some sort of goober on the inner plastic sleeve so the note is pristine. I offered her $150 for it and she respectfully declined.
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 Posted 03/22/2012  10:11 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add nickle nubber to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
To Bad ya could'nt pick itup , would be nice in any collection.
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 Posted 03/22/2012  11:40 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add MrCanada to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I love 25 cent pieces so I collected the 3 years of shinplasters and noticed the 1873 is cut way off center the tp of the next note is showing, is this normal? not a bill collector
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 Posted 03/23/2012  5:26 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Canadian-Banknotes to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
MrCanada, that is normal. All the shinplasters were cut by hand, there may be a slight premium depending on the buyer.
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