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Good points, Barry.

Either the range of years (1887-90) for the Old Judges or specific year of issue (usually possible to determine in most cases) would better the current 1887 designation given all Old Judges.

For the real hard core Rookie Card collectors like myself, analyzing the cards for specific year(s) of issue, whenever possible, is very important for the collector if not the grading companies. However the individuals at the grading companies who would be responsible for making specific year(s) of issue designations would likely not be the same individual grading the cards so neither person would really have to alter the focus of their job in order to make their product more accurate.

As Barry stated, this topic would be even more prominent for the Standard Catalogue to update (including specific years of issue for the Old Judges) than the grading companies.