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Old 07-11-2012, 12:28 AM
Bosox Blair Bosox Blair is offline
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Originally Posted by glchen View Post
You will never know the true pop of a rare back because PSA did not keep track of the backs when they first started grading. (I don't think SGC did either.) As you said, the "Unknown Back" comprises of a lot of cards.
Gary,

SGC beat PSA to this by years and years. Not sure why people always lump SGC in with this problem every time the issue is discussed?

It was PSA that completely missed the boat on this.

Here is an early SGC-graded T206 I sent in myself a dozen years ago...they were recording and slabbing T206 based on backs:
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