| Author |
 Replies: 26 / Views: 4,184 |
|
Pillar of the Community
Canada
2519 Posts |
Again sorry for the crooked scans. I can assure you, the note is not rotated!   Minor fold on bottom left (curled backwards), looks like it's been hit on all 4 corners but not too hard. I'll say EF-AU too on this one, like the first one. Edited by Altaira
05/04/2014 8:56 pm
|
|
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
837 Posts |
|
|
Pillar of the Community
 Canada
2519 Posts |
I guess it's not possible for a note to be rotated then  |
|
Pillar of the Community
Canada
3049 Posts |
I really wish I knew how to "quote" another's post.....
I would've done the exact same thing.. and no a note cannot be rotated... just miscut or misprinted..
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
589 Posts |
Quotes: [ quote ] Quote Goes Here (Copy/Paste) [ /quote ]
(Just remove the spaces in the brackets, and you're good to go.)
|
|
Pillar of the Community
Canada
2519 Posts |
You learn something new every day  I can provide bigger scans (600dpi) this evening for these bills if you need them to grade with. |
|
Bedrock of the Community
Canada
10743 Posts |
Scanners just don't do coins or bills justice.
Your grade of EF seems right on this one.
|
|
Pillar of the Community
Canada
2519 Posts |
If scanning don't do justice to the bills, should I take a photograph of them too?
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
837 Posts |
Quote:
If scanning don't do justice to the bills, You are lucky (in Canada)-at least you can make a scan , scanners over here wont allow scanning of any banknotes |
|
Pillar of the Community
Canada
2124 Posts |
According to your comments (not your picture) it should be an XF or VF+ , it's very difficult to grade a bank note, specially between XF and UNC. You could try taking pictures in different angles, when the banknote is stood up: http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/imag...69771832.jpg |
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
1234 Posts |
So what would a Canadian dollar bill go for these days in USD in EF-AU-UNC-etc.? I have a few and I think one is at least AU if not UNC. Just curious, not selling  . Edit- spelling Edited by ASLAN TVorlon
05/15/2014 6:14 pm
|
|
Pillar of the Community
Canada
2124 Posts |
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
1234 Posts |
 well there go my plans of early retirement Thanks |
|
Pillar of the Community
Canada
2519 Posts |
So the scanner knows when you're trying to scan a bill? And I've always thought computers are stupid. Like this arizano?  There's the backwards curl on the bottom left, and the hit on the top right is actually a bit worse than the other two corners, got it folded a bit, but wasn't enough to break the fibres. They don't seem to go too much higher than face now. Maybe if I keep them for 10 years they will rise in value. Unless these bills are being hoarded now and other people have the same plan as I do. |
|
Pillar of the Community
Canada
3049 Posts |
With laser printing technology where it is... there have been many countries that have implored counter scanning devices on the notes...
Basically there are embedded codes in the patterns in the note that tell the scanner it is scanning a note and it won't allow it to be done.
You can with newer scanners scan older notes... I have had success with my newer scanner scanning my '35 and '37 issues ... although I never tried it with my '54's or 70's issues... You can also get an older scanner.. best is to look at garage sales.. (most scanners I have come across built before '92 do not have this technology built in it)
I personally am a bigger fan of photos of the note... I find with a scanner sometimes you can press the note down and with changing the sharpness and exposure just slightly you can make a minor fold almost completely dissapear.
When raw notes online the top grade I will EVER give a note is EF... if you can tell the difference between a CUNC and a GUNC note with only photos you are certainly a better grader than I.
Sorry for the rant.. but hope that clears up the scanner issues...
|
|
Pillar of the Community
Canada
2519 Posts |
Interesting post about scanners, Ag. It seems now people are making computers able to recognise things. Once or twice when I photograph a note my phone detects a face on the queen's face and focuses on it.
I might try finding an older scanner in the future. When polymers actually have numismatic value then I think it would be useful.
I can definitely see how much easier it is to manipulate a scan than a photo. I have experimented with this myself. By leaving the scanner top open, by closing the scanner top, and by weighing the scanner top down. By putting 3 A Level textbooks on top of my scanner, the bill comes out flatter and it looks like it is a much crispier and higher grade note.
I am a pretty bad grader actually since I tend to focus on the flaws a piece has and it often results in one or two grades too low. I do get it correct once in a while though.
|
| |
Replies: 26 / Views: 4,184 |
Posted 05/04/2014 9:25 pm
