A note is either unc or it's not.

A note that's not centred properly is an error note and being an error
makes no difference to the note's grade.

I would avoid buying from anyone that is offering a note graded higher
than unc as unc is perfect, how can a note be better than perfect?

If the guys that print the notes can't print correctly centred notes
they should be sacked.

A Scottish note with a centreing error would be regarded as a rare
error.

It would appear that in the USA a properly centred note is regarded as
some kind of exception. Billy


Brian Blackwell wrote:

"RAV" wrote in message
news:1113488843.f6e44477a0eeec06b5ceba049bf7078f@t eranews...
On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 12:23:11 GMT, "note.boy"
wrote:

If a banknote is uncirculated it's as if it had just come off the
printing press, i.e. perfect, calling a note "unc+" is just plain silly,
or silly hype.

Please don't assign the many unc grades used in the USA for coins to
notes, unc is unc is unc, nothing "better" is required. Billy

Being a relative newbie I don't yet understand the different points of
view. What do the people who DO use terms such as "UNC" and "GEM UNC"
believe the difference is between two notes that they classify in
those terms? Would you (Billy) say that what they're calling "GEM
UNC" is really the only true "UNC", and anything less (including what
they call "UNC") is not "UNC"? Thanks.

From what I've observed, the qualifiers seem to indicate centering. If the
note is UNC and off-centered to one side or the other then it's called UNC.
If the note has even margins all around then it's called GEM UNC. YMMV

Brian