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I have no problem with the secret marks, but there are a few that can't be identified by secret marks.
I did the flick test and wrote down the results. I then repeated the flick test to verify that I got the same result. If I didn't, I did several more flick tests. Then I tried the light from behind tests and after exhaustive testing I was finally able to correctly ID my banknotes. Hooray for me!
To verify how smart I am, I picked one CBN and one ABN stamp to send off for expertization. When they came back, I got one right and one wrong. I could have flipped a coin and done that well!
So I sent off the other 8 stamps and ate the cost of expertization to see just how bad I am at this. Turns out that I am C- at best. Yup, in total, I only got 7 of 10 right, and a coin flip would get 5 of 10!
I knew that I was bad at color differentiation. Add paper evaluation to that list as well!
A man's gotta know his limitations!
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Could you be more specific about the ones you got wrong? Some like 2c 178 vs 183 and 5c 179 vs 185, I find tough but others like 155, 166, 191 are not too hard.
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The first two I sent off were 2c orange and 90c.
I got the 2c orange right (178). I got the 90c wrong. I sent it in as 191. Turned out to be 166.
So I sent in 8 more:
150 - correct
182 was really 156
158 - correct
159 - correct
185 - correct
161 was really 188
189 - correct
190 - correct
3 out of 10 wrong.
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I had 10 banknotes that I wanted to positively identify based on the paper.
I have no problem with the secret marks, but there are a few that can't be identified by secret marks.
I did the flick test and wrote down the results. I then repeated the flick test to verify that I got the same result. If I didn't, I did several more flick tests. Then I tried the light from behind tests and after exhaustive testing I was finally able to correctly ID my banknotes. Hooray for me!
To verify how smart I am, I picked one CBN and one ABN stamp to send off for expertization. When they came back, I got one right and one wrong. I could have flipped a coin and done that well!
So I sent off the other 8 stamps and ate the cost of expertization to see just how bad I am at this. Turns out that I am C- at best. Yup, in total, I only got 7 of 10 right, and a coin flip would get 5 of 10!
I knew that I was bad at color differentiation. Add paper evaluation to that list as well!
A man's gotta know his limitations!
Lars
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re: It's official! I really suck at identifying banknotes!
Could you be more specific about the ones you got wrong? Some like 2c 178 vs 183 and 5c 179 vs 185, I find tough but others like 155, 166, 191 are not too hard.
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re: It's official! I really suck at identifying banknotes!
The first two I sent off were 2c orange and 90c.
I got the 2c orange right (178). I got the 90c wrong. I sent it in as 191. Turned out to be 166.
So I sent in 8 more:
150 - correct
182 was really 156
158 - correct
159 - correct
185 - correct
161 was really 188
189 - correct
190 - correct
3 out of 10 wrong.
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