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It looks like he has the note, priced on the high side. Most were selling for around $400.
He does have a Make an offer button, but I don't think he will go that low. You only get 2 bids for making an offer. After 2 failed attempts, it won't let you bid on it anymore. I had that happen to me on another item, a few months ago.
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While the F-C block for North Africa and Hawaii notes has the lowest printing totals (12,000 for each type), they are one of the more common in high grades. Why? The F-C blocks were printed late in the war and used as souvenirs for military and other significant personnel. They were not issued for use in theater. A large collection of them recently hit the auction blocks. Most of the ones you see on ebay now came from that group. |
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I think I can get the note down to $400.
Bobbart
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To me that is a bit high especially when the note is so horribly centered. Not only that, but the top edge look uneven like it was trimmed with scissors (part of the reason for the centering problem).
I would pass on this one too much for that quality.
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Don't you think PMG would have notice the note if it was
"top edge look uneven like it was trimmed with scissors"
I took another look...your right. Why would PMG grade this
note so high?
Do you think the Gov printing press did the uneven trim?
I'm not a grader...that's why I,m asking for help on this note.
Bobbart
Edited by bobbart
10/17/2012 2:44 pm
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The note was def cut that way when printed, not after. That is probably why it graded 63 instead of GEM. I agree that price is still too high.
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I don't think he will go lower than $400.
I will pass on this one until I get the one I want.
Thanks so much for you help.
bobbart
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The note was def cut that way when printed, The BEP uses scissors to cut their notes?  Actually it is one of the oldest tricks in the book to trim a damaged edge on a note to make it look better. My guess is if you put it against a regular note there will be a small size difference due to that. |
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I just wanted to say something else about this. Always buy the note, not the grade. In other words there is no way this note should have ever graded at 63. Dollars to donuts if you cut it out of the slab and re-submitted it the grade would not be 63 when it came back. I have a beautiful $1 Hawaii note that PMG graded at 62 that has a TINY imperfection. They knocked my note down quite a bit due to it. See if you can spot it.  But the note this topic is about has a major manipulation that they somehow don't notice? Here is the imperfection on my note.  |
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That's only one of the reasons I don't do TPG's. I've seen over and over again that they cant grade any better that I can, in fact many times there not even close. Bill Collector |
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Posted 10/17/2012 08:39 am
