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1968 Nolan Ryan, PSA 7 (MC)

Mescalito345Mescalito345 Posts: 144 ✭✭
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A couple of weeks ago, I submitted this card to PSA, and requested no qualifiers. I expected a possible grade of PSA 5.

1968 Nolan Ryan

I haven't received the card yet, but it was graded PSA 7 (MC). Just wondering why they didn't grade it as PSA 7 (OC) or PSA 5.

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  • BunchOBullBunchOBull Posts: 6,188 ✭✭✭
    The OC is so severe it is considered a MC.
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  • IchiroDeportedIchiroDeported Posts: 1,610 ✭
    your lucky it didnt come back trimmed.
  • itzagoneritzagoner Posts: 8,753 ✭✭
    Mescalito is that Mammoth Mtn? that's dope. image
  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    When a person requests NQ it is up to the grader to do so or not.

    MC is usually never granted. OC is basically the only qualifier that they may

    grant if requested. MK is never granted.

    Steve
    Good for you.
  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    What does the back look like? The front (to me) appears OC.

    Steve
    Good for you.
  • BarfvaderBarfvader Posts: 2,859 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>The front (to me) appears OC. >>



    image

    I would also agree that the card by looking at the front is OC as my daffynition of a true miscut has to show a part of another cards printing on it. But that's just my opinion.

    Jeff

    Miscut Museum

    My Mess

  • Mescalito345Mescalito345 Posts: 144 ✭✭
    "Mescalito is that Mammoth Mtn? that's dope."

    The mountain in the background is Mt. Shasta (elevation 14160 feet), which I climbed in 2005 and 2006. You need to bring along ice axe and crampons (spikes that attach to boots), because it's too icy to climb in regular hiking boots.

    Regarding the Nolan Ryan card, I don't have a scan of the back. After the card arrives from PSA, I'll post a scan. The back is also off-center, but less OC than the front. There are no print marks from adjoining cards.

    I'm the original owner of this card. When I was 14 years old, I bought a pack of 1968 cards for about 5 or 10 cents.
  • nam812nam812 Posts: 10,602 ✭✭✭✭✭
    IMO 99/1 (98/2 or 97/3 in this case) should receive OC, not MC.
  • Mescalito345Mescalito345 Posts: 144 ✭✭
    Overall, I think that PSA does a good job of grading cards, and I'm planning to submit some more cards for the PSA April special. But regarding qualifiers, BGS and SGC have the right idea: just give the card a single grade, without qualifiers. If there's some type of significant flaw, then lower the grade.
  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    Hmmm sorry I did not read your post regarding the back.

    Dunno what to tell you.


    Steve
    Good for you.
  • nightcrawlernightcrawler Posts: 5,110 ✭✭


    << <i>Just wondering why they didn't grade it as PSA 7 (OC) or PSA 5. >>



    We've been tossing rumours around..

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  • Mescalito345Mescalito345 Posts: 144 ✭✭
    I need a translator. Maybe you're suggesting that I resub the card??
  • nightcrawlernightcrawler Posts: 5,110 ✭✭


    << <i>I need a translator. Maybe you're suggesting that I resub the card?? >>




    I think all I was really saying is that I see an (OC) there, not an (MC).
  • jrinckjrinck Posts: 1,321 ✭✭
    Miscut is not just about borders getting cut off, but it can also be due to wavy cuts from the factory, especially flare-outs on corners.
  • Mescalito345Mescalito345 Posts: 144 ✭✭
    Here are some scans of the graded card:

    1968 Ryan, front

    1968 Ryan, back
  • mikeschmidtmikeschmidt Posts: 5,756 ✭✭✭
    looks OC to me, and not MC

    but if you want no qualifiers, it might have to be PSA 2 or something, given how off the centering is on the front.

    m
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  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    I think you are better off the way it is graded as Marc is correct.

    I'd still (if it were mine) prefer 7 OC.

    Steve
    Good for you.
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