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Posted By: runscott

It's obvious that some trim-jobs are good enough to occasionally get by even the best grading companies, so for an "almost great" trim-job, perhaps the only way to discover it would be by checking the edges very closely. For instance, if someone sent that NM t206 Wagner to SGC for cross-over, I would expect SGC to check those borders pretty closely - better than you could do through a holder. But since that particular card was probably de-sized on all four borders, comparing the cuts relative to each other wouldn't tell you much;however, there are plenty of trims that only involve 1 or 2 borders - these should be easier to spot, but even easier to spot if not in plastic. I have tried to look at the edges of cards through that plastic, and you just can't see the entire edge.