High-grade T206's
I agree with Ted. It seems unlikely that even 1 out of 100 would survive in perfect condition. I think that PSA used to be fairly generous on PSA 8's. I've seen some with a slightly dinged corner, for example, or surface wear, or a back stain. With a newer card, the card would only get a PSA 6 but as a T206 it gets an 8?
Trimming is certainly a factor as well. I believe there are a significant percentage of PSA 8's and higher that have been trimmed or doctored in some way. For example, a card that is not a perfect rectangle. It seems unlikely that a top border would be skewed but the bottom border perfectly aligned. I'm not sure how that could naturally occur in the printing process.
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