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PaulMaulPaulMaul Posts: 4,914 ✭✭✭✭✭
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PSA's grading standards require 90/10 back centering for a PSA 8. In reality, anything short of miscut will do. Here is the back of a 1971 PSA 8...do the math...this is not 90/10, the bottom border is so thin I don't even have an instrument to measure it accurately....

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My 1972 Baseball and Wacky Pack Registry Sets

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  • itzagoneritzagoner Posts: 8,753 ✭✭
    for what it's worth, "eye appeal" is also classified as a mitigating factor in determining overall grade.

    so, what does the front of the card look like? perhaps that would give you a bit more insight as to the choice of overall grade assigned here.

    i've had similar cards graded this way, so it's not out of character for them to do so.
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,802 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Is that a print defect or a hit on the top right corner?


    Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
  • PaulMaulPaulMaul Posts: 4,914 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's a hit that doesn't affect the front of the card. It could be made to look green again with a fingernail, if you know what I mean....
    My 1972 Baseball and Wacky Pack Registry Sets
  • PaulMaulPaulMaul Posts: 4,914 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>for what it's worth, "eye appeal" is also classified as a mitigating factor in determining overall grade.

    so, what does the front of the card look like? perhaps that would give you a bit more insight as to the choice of overall grade assigned here. >>



    Why have grading requirements if they're not really requirements? The front looks fine. If the front looking nice is enough to give the back a pass, don't list a back centering standard for a given grade, because it's meaningless.
    My 1972 Baseball and Wacky Pack Registry Sets
  • itzagoneritzagoner Posts: 8,753 ✭✭


    << <i>It's a hit that doesn't affect the front of the card. It could be made to look green again with a fingernail, if you know what I mean.... >>



    heh. so who hit it, if ya know what i mean? is this your card and was the corner like that before you subbed it?

    because, uh........ummmm........they've f'd up a few of mine that way over the years as well. and yes, i have cracked and corrected a couple of 'em, too.
  • PaulMaulPaulMaul Posts: 4,914 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I did not submit it. The corner isn't an issue to me because the back centering already kills it. My main point is not to attack the card, I've seen many worse 8's overall. I want PSA to stick to their own published standards. Not doing so only makes life difficult for both buyers and sellers.
    My 1972 Baseball and Wacky Pack Registry Sets
  • itzagoneritzagoner Posts: 8,753 ✭✭
    as has been discussed here ad nauseum, the set parameters for grading, but they're not etched in stone. you must have that figured out by now. there are plenty of examples being shared here which would deserve a question of "Why?"

    they are not perfect. they grade millions of cards. it's not an excuse. but, quite simply they either can be mistaken or they don't interpret their own parameters properly.

    which is common behavior for humans, anyways. let's talk about machines. image
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