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Petersun Pillar of the Community Canada 1700 Posts	Posted 08/27/2020 1:44 pm Recently I've been looking into paper money grading. I learned that grading polymer bills over an image can be quite difficult. While browsing the web for samples, I came across a bill whose grade does not make a lot of sense. I would appreciate it if someone could explain this to me: https://www.ebay.ca/itm/2012-RADAR-...fc98%7Ciid:1 I see no fold or ripple (although I know they can be hard to see). The corners are sharp. The colours do not seem faded. I must be missing something! Report this Post to the Staff

MoneyPenney Pillar of the Community Canada 2984 Posts	Posted 08/27/2020 3:19 pm I believe the picture in the ebay listing is a scanned picture which will show not show fold or creases as well as a picture taken with a camera. Scanned pictures are more flat. Report this Post to the Staff
walk2dwater Pillar of the Community Canada 2577 Posts	Posted 08/27/2020 4:31 pm Quote: I believe the picture in the ebay listing is a scanned picture which will show not show fold or creases as well as a picture taken with a camera. Scanned pictures are more flat. - I agree. Plus the scan was taken with the top up (so image has black background) which typically makes banknote colours look brighter/nicer. I detect a slight horizontal fold across the entire note but it does look in nice shape. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUc8Kx5wCI4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LeYOYtSAoc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq1DlqkPHhE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PsCjxldIao Report this Post to the Staff
GMS5 Pillar of the Community Canada 1527 Posts	Posted 08/28/2020 09:47 am On Canadian polymer bills the clear see through windows can have many scratches and hairlines that wont be noticeable in the picture but greatly affect the grading. Also because Canadian bill designs bleed right to the edge of the note, there are no visibly defined borders around the note, so the bill in question could be slightly off in the way it was cut which will also affect grades as well. Report this Post to the Staff
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