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How is this a PSA 9?

Beck6Beck6 Posts: 1,038 ✭✭✭
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1986 Jerry Rice PSA 9

I cannot figure out how this falls within the guidelines
Registry Sets:
T222's PSA 1 or better

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  • CakesCakes Posts: 3,664 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have given up on trying to grade the 86 Topps Football, I have looked at so many Rice's and I still can't pick a raw one that has ever graded over an 8.
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  • ClockworkAngelClockworkAngel Posts: 1,994 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I have given up on trying to grade the 86 Topps Football, I have looked at so many Rice's and I still can't pick a raw one that has ever graded over an 8. >>



    I agree with you that 86 football is tough, but that has nothing to do with the fact that centering on that Rice is terrible. No idea why it's not a 9 OC but certainly should be. Looks like it will fetch $200 but I wouldn't pay $50 for it!
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  • calaban7calaban7 Posts: 3,013 ✭✭✭
    It was a Spinal Tap card . It was actually an "11" with an OC qualifier , thus a PSA 9 .---- Sonny
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  • zurbs17zurbs17 Posts: 442
    I wonder how many PSA graders have been fired over the years. Is it true that every card is graded by two people?
  • MapleleafMapleleaf Posts: 506 ✭


    << <i>It was a Spinal Tap card . It was actually an "11" with an OC qualifier , thus a PSA 9 .---- Sonny >>



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  • digicatdigicat Posts: 8,551 ✭✭


    << <i>MINT 9: Mint A PSA Mint 9 is a superb condition card that exhibits only one of the following minor flaws: a very slight wax stain on reverse, a minor printing imperfection or slightly off-white borders. Centering must be approximately 60/40 to 65/35 or better on the front and 90/10 or better on the reverse. >>



    Centering on this Rice is just a hair under 40/60, which is in the realm of a PSA 9.
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  • handymanhandyman Posts: 5,384 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You ask because you think it's a 10 right?
  • corncobbcorncobb Posts: 516 ✭
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  • BaltimoreYankeeBaltimoreYankee Posts: 3,035 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's a PSA 9 because grading is subject to the whims of the grader.
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  • SethroSethro Posts: 671 ✭✭
    Could it be a 9 OC, but whoever input the information for the flip clicked the 9 button instead of the 9 OC button?
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  • CubsKiller99CubsKiller99 Posts: 507
    The 67-33 l/r centering of this card aside, why so many dorks bidding on a poorly-centered Rice?

    Is this card so diificult to buy now that people can't wait for a decently-centered 9 to show up?
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  • jboxjbox Posts: 408 ✭✭
    It looks worse than it is because some of the left edge of the card is hidden under the lip of the holder. I measured pixels at the part below this lip where the edge of the card is visible and got 41/59. I agree that this card has crappy eye appeal and I wouldn't pay PSA 9 money for it either, but that's your answer if your biggest concern was centering.
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