In this video I finally did something I’ve talked about for a while—I sent my first piece of paper money in for professional grading. I’m a small coin shop owner, so I see a little bit of everything walk through the door, but this time I decided to take a Series 1914 $100 large size note and submit it to PCGS Banknote. I walk you through why I picked this particular bill, what I was looking at before I ever mailed it off, and the basics of how the submission process goes when you’re doing it for the first time. I’ll be honest: I was excited and a little nervous, because paper tells on itself. A note can look great at a glance, then you get into corners, folds, handling, and all the little stuff the grading services are going to call out. The big takeaway is that grading isn’t just about a number—it’s about authentication, market confidence, and knowing exactly what you’ve got when you go to sell, trade, or just put it away in the collection. And of course, I reveal what grade PCGS sent it back with and what that means for this note going forward.