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Was was an "AU" qualifier?

ZodiacMindwarpZodiacMindwarp Posts: 680 ✭✭
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I have never seen this before. Does anybody know what "AU" represents?

TOPPS 1968 #72 Tommy John PSA 9 MINT (AU)

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  • helionauthelionaut Posts: 1,555 ✭✭
    That's new to me. It's not on the website's list of qualifiers. Could it mean "Autographed" before PSA/DNA came along? Either that, or it's made of gold.
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  • goudeygoldgoudeygold Posts: 701 ✭
    WTF?! anyone know??

    GG
  • shagrotn77shagrotn77 Posts: 5,586 ✭✭✭✭
    Maybe it's autographed on the back?
    "My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. Our childhood was typical. Summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we'd make meat helmets. When we were insolent we were placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds - pretty standard really."
  • cspeier1cspeier1 Posts: 486
    awful ulgy... just kidding, I happen to like it.
  • easttexascardsandgameseasttexascardsandgames Posts: 550
    NON-REGISTERED BIDDERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BID IN MY AUCTIONS.

    How does a non registered bidder bid on Ebay??

    And of course my all time favorite line

    I am not responsible for any damages or losses by the U.S. Postal System.

    Not according to Paypal...
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  • EagleEyeKidEagleEyeKid Posts: 4,496 ✭✭
    am not responsible for any damages or losses by the U.S. Postal System.

    That is my all time favorite line. I laugh everytime I see this.
    I just had a reversal in my favor yesterday. One month, no item, so I filed a claim. The seller replies with a bogus delivery confirmation to Paypal (although he never responds to my emails). I get the confirmation from the Paypal email and it's the wrong city, and wrong zipcode that it was delivered to. I replied immediately back to Paypal stating it's a bogus DC, and received my refund last night.
    So afterwards, I get an email from the seller to refrain from ever bidding on his auctions as I have been blocked LOL. I said no problem. Didn't mean to sway from the subject. I like the AU qualifier too....whatever it means. Authentic? Then again, that's redundant from it being slabbed.
  • EagleEyeKidEagleEyeKid Posts: 4,496 ✭✭
    I'm on the phone with PSA right now.....the nice lady is looking into it.....drum roll.......

    They say it's most likely just a mistake. Carol is looking into it and they're reading this thread as I write this LOL. Someone better pick up that card. It's a super duper 1/1 image
  • SportsModerator2SportsModerator2 Posts: 1,735 mod
    Good Morning,

    I spoke with our operations manager regarding this because I'd never seen this before.
    I'm told that this would be a mechanical error. If any of you decide to purchase this card, please send it in to be corrected.

    Thanks,

    Carol

  • ZodiacMindwarpZodiacMindwarp Posts: 680 ✭✭
    Carol,

    Thanks for looking into this and responding.

    Michael
  • CubfanCubfan Posts: 1,545
    So its a legit 9 NQ?
  • ydsotterydsotter Posts: 500 ✭
    doesn't AU stand for gold on the periodic table of elements? I am trying to remember 9th grade science here...
    maybe a label glitch from their coin slabbing... eh?
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  • purelyPSApurelyPSA Posts: 712 ✭✭
    AU is a coin term, meaning "about uncirculated", and is the highest grade given to a coin that's not mint state (MS). My guess is the labels run off the same software at PSA as they do at PCGS (which would make sense) and someone just hit the wrong button, putting in a notation of AU (which is likely in the system for the coin labels).
  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    What I find funny about this is that the seller (Stan Martucci) has been selling cards for 50 years and has been selling PSA cards for a long time as well. And he used it in his discription!
    Good for you.
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