Usually I put it in front of/ in back of/ in between a bunch of other cards from the same year and it can be an easy way to see if its trimmed.
Sadly I bought a late 50's card from a member here at a price that was too good to be true. It was a really nice looking card. I got it graded and it ended up being trimmed. I learned from then on to at least check the cards as I describe above to get an idea if its likely to be trimmed (certainly not a fool proof process).
It was such a cheap card I didn't even mention it to the seller here, although based on the asking price I assume it was known. Obviously I wouldn't have graded it if I had.
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