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Help 2 Remove Stains & Ink Writing from Banknotes
On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:22:22 +0300, "Stelios Kasikis"
wrote: I need to remove various stains & mainly ink writing from my banknotes. Are there any techniques? Can we exchange our knowledge & experience? Regards, Stel I think the general concensus of note collectors is to avoid cleaning a note in this way. Even if the note is a true rarity, there is almost nothing you can do chemically or mechanically to remove ink that will not damage the note and reduce its value. Think about it: ink does its job by penetrating the fibres of the note, thus embedding itself within the latticework of the firbres. Chemical cleaners do their work by altering chemical bonds of the ink or other stain. Neither method is perfect and leaves tell-tale signs. If you wash the entire note, you risk removing the inks that you want to remain! If you wash only the written on area, you end up with a "cleaned" zone and a whole of contrasted "dirty" zone. Mechanical cleaning involves removing the ink (and surrounding fibres) by some physical means -- an eraser, a microabrader, etc. Automatic and irreparable damage occurs. If you had a cleaned note for sale and someone else had a slightly lower grade but otherwise original note for sale, I think most collectors would opt for the other guy's unaltered note over your cleaned one. The same general principle applies to coin collectors: don't clean a coin! If you do, you can expect that it's numismatic value will decline. It might also be instructive to know what the ink writing consists of. Sometimes, writing can enhance the value or aesthetics of a note: for example, if the ruler of the country or the chief of the central bank autographed the note -- if some other famous personality autographed it, I wouldn't consider removing the writing! If the note was part of a short-snorter or was a memento of a soldier's travels during WWII, that can enhance the sentimental value of a note. For example, I have a $1 JIM upon which a Philippine man wrote a thank-you note to the GIs for liberating his country from the Japanese invasion. I have some notes that people have written Bible verses or love notes or have coloured with crayons. All are interesting in their own way and none of them would be improved at all by my trying to remove the extra ink! Padraic ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** |
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Help 2 Remove Stains & Ink Writing from Banknotes
"Padraic Brown" wrote in message ... On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:22:22 +0300, "Stelios Kasikis" wrote: I need to remove various stains & mainly ink writing from my banknotes. Are there any techniques? Can we exchange our knowledge & experience? Regards, Stel I think the general concensus of note collectors is to avoid cleaning a note in this way. Even if the note is a true rarity, there is almost nothing you can do chemically or mechanically to remove ink that will not damage the note and reduce its value. Think about it: ink does its job by penetrating the fibres of the note, thus embedding itself within the latticework of the firbres. Chemical cleaners do their work by altering chemical bonds of the ink or other stain. Neither method is perfect and leaves tell-tale signs. If you wash the entire note, you risk removing the inks that you want to remain! If you wash only the written on area, you end up with a "cleaned" zone and a whole of contrasted "dirty" zone. Mechanical cleaning involves removing the ink (and surrounding fibres) by some physical means -- an eraser, a microabrader, etc. Automatic and irreparable damage occurs. If you had a cleaned note for sale and someone else had a slightly lower grade but otherwise original note for sale, I think most collectors would opt for the other guy's unaltered note over your cleaned one. The same general principle applies to coin collectors: don't clean a coin! If you do, you can expect that it's numismatic value will decline. It might also be instructive to know what the ink writing consists of. Sometimes, writing can enhance the value or aesthetics of a note: for example, if the ruler of the country or the chief of the central bank autographed the note -- if some other famous personality autographed it, I wouldn't consider removing the writing! If the note was part of a short-snorter or was a memento of a soldier's travels during WWII, that can enhance the sentimental value of a note. For example, I have a $1 JIM upon which a Philippine man wrote a thank-you note to the GIs for liberating his country from the Japanese invasion. I have some notes that people have written Bible verses or love notes or have coloured with crayons. All are interesting in their own way and none of them would be improved at all by my trying to remove the extra ink! Padraic ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** In reply to your Jim money I've just picked up an album of about 75 notes date range 1923 to 1976 USA $1 $5 $10 bills plus Jim MPC Allied currency all collect put together by a US soldier as most of the notes are dated by hand and names of his buddies on them you can trace from USA to UK then onto D day then over Philippine's then to Japan as the last note is a $1 MPC signed Tokyo 1953 his Name J.Runey also in album is two 1st day covers last day of post office service by rail with his home address on I reckon he must of died around 1976 as there are also a few $2 with stamps on them ($2 dated 1976) so from 1923 or there abouts he stared collecting odd notes I would to sell this small collection as one lot but its such a mix of notes not all would be of interest to collectors as a lot if any collectors out there who would like this set just contact me asking around $650 USD I reckon braek up value $700 to $850 Yours -- Michael @ www.worldwidecoins.co.uk mirror site www.numismatic.biz World Banknotes & Coins eBay http://members.ebay.co.uk/aboutme/worldwidecoins/ |
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Help 2 Remove Stains & Ink Writing from Banknotes
Thanks!
Thats is a very wise explanation to seriously consider. www.numismatic.biz / www.worldwidecoins.co.uk wrote: "Padraic Brown" wrote in message ... On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:22:22 +0300, "Stelios Kasikis" wrote: I need to remove various stains & mainly ink writing from my banknotes. Are there any techniques? Can we exchange our knowledge & experience? Regards, Stel I think the general concensus of note collectors is to avoid cleaning a note in this way. Even if the note is a true rarity, there is almost nothing you can do chemically or mechanically to remove ink that will not damage the note and reduce its value. Think about it: ink does its job by penetrating the fibres of the note, thus embedding itself within the latticework of the firbres. Chemical cleaners do their work by altering chemical bonds of the ink or other stain. Neither method is perfect and leaves tell-tale signs. If you wash the entire note, you risk removing the inks that you want to remain! If you wash only the written on area, you end up with a "cleaned" zone and a whole of contrasted "dirty" zone. Mechanical cleaning involves removing the ink (and surrounding fibres) by some physical means -- an eraser, a microabrader, etc. Automatic and irreparable damage occurs. If you had a cleaned note for sale and someone else had a slightly lower grade but otherwise original note for sale, I think most collectors would opt for the other guy's unaltered note over your cleaned one. The same general principle applies to coin collectors: don't clean a coin! If you do, you can expect that it's numismatic value will decline. It might also be instructive to know what the ink writing consists of. Sometimes, writing can enhance the value or aesthetics of a note: for example, if the ruler of the country or the chief of the central bank autographed the note -- if some other famous personality autographed it, I wouldn't consider removing the writing! If the note was part of a short-snorter or was a memento of a soldier's travels during WWII, that can enhance the sentimental value of a note. For example, I have a $1 JIM upon which a Philippine man wrote a thank-you note to the GIs for liberating his country from the Japanese invasion. I have some notes that people have written Bible verses or love notes or have coloured with crayons. All are interesting in their own way and none of them would be improved at all by my trying to remove the extra ink! Padraic ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** In reply to your Jim money I've just picked up an album of about 75 notes date range 1923 to 1976 USA $1 $5 $10 bills plus Jim MPC Allied currency all collect put together by a US soldier as most of the notes are dated by hand and names of his buddies on them you can trace from USA to UK then onto D day then over Philippine's then to Japan as the last note is a $1 MPC signed Tokyo 1953 his Name J.Runey also in album is two 1st day covers last day of post office service by rail with his home address on I reckon he must of died around 1976 as there are also a few $2 with stamps on them ($2 dated 1976) so from 1923 or there abouts he stared collecting odd notes I would to sell this small collection as one lot but its such a mix of notes not all would be of interest to collectors as a lot if any collectors out there who would like this set just contact me asking around $650 USD I reckon braek up value $700 to $850 Yours -- Michael @ www.worldwidecoins.co.uk mirror site www.numismatic.biz World Banknotes & Coins eBay http://members.ebay.co.uk/aboutme/worldwidecoins/ |
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