Is this '63 Mantle trimmed?

Bosox1976

Looks nice, good seller (but mostly lower end stuff - who seems to do a lot of graded). I blew up the scan of the back and the top edge looks questionable. I guess I'll pass, but too bad because it is nicely centered.





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Bosox1976

Is this the same card?

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sagard

I've owned a smaller Mantle than the one currently on Ebay. It graded "MinSiz" and then a straight 7. You have to worry about the re-coloring on the '63s as well. Virtually impossible to tell from a scan. The Top/Bottom centering is similar to an 8 and their seems to be plenty of border on the sides.

f2tornado

The border above the #200 looks interseting, perhaps a diamond cut but if so the kiddie-corner border would compensate by being larger. I don't see it here and therefore would be nervous.

Webhead1968

In my opinion, the border above the 200 has an almost rounded look to it. The center sticks out further than the end over the 200. I don't see how a striaght blade on a topps factory machine could possibly do that...just my 2 cents.

Bosox1976

That's what I thought too - right over the 200. Looks like the same thing on the graded card too. Thanks fellas.

benderbroeth

it looks almost to bright yellow for me..i dont know to much about this set but it seema alot brighter than the slabbed one.

Webhead1968

the bright yellow is probably from his scanner, camera or photo editing software.