new Member with a PSA question
conor912
Posts: 30
Hi all,
I just joined last week and have been enjoying the board. You guys obviously know your stuff so I thought I'd ask for your insight and see what you think. I was looking at two of my PSA 5 1933 Goudeys next to each other and noticed that one was shorter than the other. The standard measurement for the issue is 2 3/8" x 2 7/8". When I measured them both it turns out that one is 1/32" short and the other is actually 1/32" long. I have heard from many dealers and read in many books that this is very common for the older issues as cutting was not nearly an exact science back then. I took a close look at the edges and see no evidence of trimming. Now, here is where it gets interesting. I noticed that the shorter card takes up the same percentage of the slab cavity as the longer card does in IT's cavity. Then I stacked the slabs on top of each other and, lo and behold, the cavitys of the two slabs are different sizes. I would think that a grading company would have one size of slab per issue and the fact that there are two sizes about 1/16" apart seems peculiar to me. Any thoughts are much appreciated.
I just joined last week and have been enjoying the board. You guys obviously know your stuff so I thought I'd ask for your insight and see what you think. I was looking at two of my PSA 5 1933 Goudeys next to each other and noticed that one was shorter than the other. The standard measurement for the issue is 2 3/8" x 2 7/8". When I measured them both it turns out that one is 1/32" short and the other is actually 1/32" long. I have heard from many dealers and read in many books that this is very common for the older issues as cutting was not nearly an exact science back then. I took a close look at the edges and see no evidence of trimming. Now, here is where it gets interesting. I noticed that the shorter card takes up the same percentage of the slab cavity as the longer card does in IT's cavity. Then I stacked the slabs on top of each other and, lo and behold, the cavitys of the two slabs are different sizes. I would think that a grading company would have one size of slab per issue and the fact that there are two sizes about 1/16" apart seems peculiar to me. Any thoughts are much appreciated.
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Joe
Conor
<< <i>Thanks Joe. Any idea why they might do this? I would think it would just complicate things on their end with so many slabs virtually (but not quite) the same size.
Conor >>
Each slab (newer) is identified with a number in the lower left (front and back) that corresponds to a specific size recess for the card. Some issues may use multiple holders due to size variance or in-house availability of the holders. Knowing the holder identification comes in very handy in determining the "actual" size of some cards where the holders may have only a slight differential.
As an example, my set of "expertise" is almost exclusively found encapsulated in "5" and "11" holders. However, in some circumstances, whether it be oversize of miscut, they do use the "baggie" and a larger recessed holder.
Joe