ok....here's the deal....NO SCRAP CAN GET A NUMERICAL GRADE....
REPEAT...
NO SCRAP CAN HAVE A NUMERICAL GRADE...
EVER!!
if it does have a numerical grade.....it's not scrap
...it means it was" factory cut "if it gets a grade....all scrap were hand cut off printer scrap sheets...all scraps must , repeat MUST be graded "A".....
Sean is correct.....about the ghost Becker......one of the few factory cut ghost / errors out there....more "ghosts" are actually "overstrikes" or a "multi pass" by the printer.....the becker is an example of a clear factory cut wet cylinder impression error.....approx. 12 to 13 examples known....Chance, Weimer, Becker, Starr, Gilbert...ect...
Rob.....if your ghost had an "A"....it would put it in the "scrap" category, sometimes actually ADDING more value than a factory cut error, ironically.....but that doesn't hold true in all cases....
Kevin
I am assuming you picked up the "Sweeney".....well....I have been studying this card for a few years....yeas, a few years! I have never owned it, but almost acquired it from the previous 2 owners...
your card is one of the very FEW , very rare cards sgc made a rare mistake on.....I believe your card is actually a scrap and belongs in an "A" holder....it would actually double value of your card...
the card looks short all around ..just maybe trimmed up neatly... it has the next layer/color player next to him as Chris B pointed out...an clear wst transfer on front....the miscut back, ect....its a shame, if Sweeney was missing color in the face/ or a color pass, id say "DEAD RINGER" SCRAP....
but . unfortunately, this may be a "tweener" scrap( a believed scrap, but can't be 100 % confirmed as such)
hope this helps some