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Odd PSA grades cards
Odd that this is a VG but shows up as a PSA 4. I checked the registry and it shows VG-EX. Really odd and how does PSA screw up like this?
https://m.ebay.com/itm/1915-CRACKER-...cAAOSwPOhafjJ~ Only reason why I ask is that I saw another card, a Johnson cookies that was missing the I in mint https://m.ebay.com/itm/1954-Hank-Aar...YAAOSwA1pauuOY |
Something doesn't look right about the label on that Plank
Far from an expert - I'm sure others will chime in, but that label looks fake to me. Anyone else?
Something also seems off on the Aaron - in addition to the missing "i", the barcode is "broken". I'd stay FAR AWAY! |
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I was told by a very knowledgable hobbyist that the plank was based on the old psa system and there wasn’t a vgex. And the Aaron was scanned using a dust removal option which affected the letter. |
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Edit - Found an old post that shows that style of font. http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=184419 Post 4 |
Flip
As far as the Cracker Jack Plank is concerned, I think this is an example of an early PSA graded card.
At first PSA did not have number grades on the flip. A VG card labeled as VG with no numeric grade printed. I have a program from the 1992 National in Atlanta where PSA has an ad with examples of cards labeled without numeric grade. I think this card is from the era when they first printed a numeric grade with the printed grade and there may limitations of number of characters or just general problems that were eventually fixed. |
PSA ad from 1992 National
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Ad from 1992
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The top of the holder looks frosted. My guess is the flip is replaced and it was originally a 1.5 or something.
If that's not the case, I've never seen a PSA card graded VG 4 before. Maybe they did it in the early years, but the only times I know of where they changed their scale was to add the half grades and change PR-FR 1 to break out Poor 1 and Fair 1.5. |
Very early on PSA had a different system at the lower end. VG was 4. It was poor fair good very good. It's fine.
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