Okay, for now on I'm going to read the 'ST' qualifier as standing for "Stunning!!", because both of these cards look sweet. When tilted in the light, the '69 shows the transparent residue of a slice of gum that formerly spent time atop the Mick. It shoulda/coulda/woulda been easily wiped off before it was submitted for grading, but alas, it wasn't. The '62 is a complete and utter mystery. After a long ass time in the sunlight with a magnifying lens (thought about frying up some ants), I literally can't for the life of me find the supposed stain (gum or otherwise) it contains. My guess is there must be some remnants of gum residue there that would be visible if the card wasn't in a slab?? Dunno. I don't see anything...
(edited: see updated scans in the next post...)
Last edited by JollyElm; 12-13-2019 at 07:57 PM.
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