Guess the grade (opinions please)

[FILTHYHOARD]

Greetings all. I finally picked up this $5 silver certificate. It's been on my want list for quite some time & I finally gave in to temptation & bought it. I think it looks better than the assigned grade (or it could be that I'm just smitten like a 12 year old schoolgirl), but I'm by no means an expert at grading paper. Could you please give me your expert opinions? Also, what do you think a fair price would be? (kind of late now & I hope I didn't overpay)

Thanks ,

Filthy

 

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[jtryka]

It looks like a really nice note, but I find it almost impossible to grade from photos, especially paper! If I had to guess, I would say this graded 35.

[kbsig106]

30 - looks like the note has three decent folds, clean otherwise though.

[EastCoastCurrency]

30 would be best case scenario - I'm thinking 25

[FILTHYHOARD]

I know there's not as much traffic on the paper money forums, but any more guesses? I'll wait a little while longer before I reveal the grade

[dean1345]

Mr. Filthy...........I think it is VF30 and original. Nice pickup!

[Bugmann1974]

Very nice!

 

[FILTHYHOARD]

Well, the actual grade (VF20) is not that big of a difference from your guesses, but never the less,it looks like a higher grade to you guys as well. Thanks for all of your opinions. I appreciate it.

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[jtryka]

It's certainly understandable, sometimes the grades are just nonsense. I have a 1907 woodchopper that looks crisp and I thought it was a sure AU note, but it came back 35. Sometimes on lower grades it works the other way, I have some I thought for sure were VG and they all came back 12 or 15. In any case, it's still a very nice note.