Help with grading used banknotes [solved]

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These are the most used banknotes in my collection and I wonder what would be the grades. 

Fine for 10 sen and 1 yen + very fine for the 2 dollars?

Thanks.

 

The #1 note looks VG to Fine, #2 & #3 looks Fine as both seem a bit too soiled for VF (maybe VF20 for #2 note). Tough to say for sure from just photos. Helps if you pick up the note to determine how limp (or opposite- to how “crisp/sturdy”). VF needs to be quite crisp or sturdy (like original).

 

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Status changed to Solved (MiaQc, 6 Aug 2022, 15:36)

Thanks so much. 😀 This one look new but the seller I brought it from describe it as “very fine banknote”.

 

 

Also I can't figure out how to grade my used polymer Canadian banknotes. They all got visible folds & in a good amount so Fine Grade? 

 

The 1973 $1.00 looks EF (Extra Fine) to me but may be VF+ (that's like a VF35).  Again, it is so. hard to say from an image but from what I can see/tell, it looks like a very nice note with minor circulation.

 

The polymers all look around “Fine” to me as they've had extensive wear. If I were you, I'd ask my local bank  teller if they have any new notes & try to get better ones then the ones you've posted.  Shouldn't be too hard (except for the “150” commemorative $10) but I have come across better ones in my change. Getting a nicer $20 might be a challenge as they're only being released new in a trickle but the Fives & new vertical Ten should be no problem. 

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Thanks once again. 😀

For the Canadian polymer banknotes, they come from my local bank. The guy at the cashier give me the less used ones he had. I did manage to get another 20$ with different signature at the ATM, but it's also a Fair grade. Oh well, I don't mind used banknotes, as long as the damage is not too great (unreadable legends, rips, missing parts). Same thing for coins and tokens.  

 

That remind me of that 1 Anna coin I had ordered for dirt cheap on ebay and I didn’t keep it in the end cause it was way too damaged. Revere side was ok-ish, thought the color was darkened, but the obverse was pretty bad. I brought another one in better condition. Not the same type but I don’t mind. 

 

The “too damaged” 1 Anna - 1935.

The other one I ordered - 1944. 

UPDATE: Find one 1935 in better condition & in my budget. Ordered it today.

Topic moved to "Banknote information and questions" (ZacUK, 29 Sep 2022, 06:22)

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