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Originally Posted by cgjackson222
According to SGC’s website, the bottom Authentic card was graded in November 2023, well after SGC started specifying the reason for Authentic grades(Miscut, Altered, Added Color, Evidence of trimming).
It may have received the Authentic grade because it is partially held together by tape in the bottom corner (if tape is still present), or because it is missing such a large chunk of its corner (amongst other defects).
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If the tape is the reason the shouldnt it have been listed as altered. It does not look like the tape has reattached that corner, so i would be someone requested an authentic grade and that it should have gotten a 1, so from a value stand point that would likely be the better card. I also agree that the trimmed example looks too clean so if your trimming a card it would be easy to clean it as well. Much would be a personal preference but there is still very little love in the hobby for “restored” cards so the beater is better on several counts.
James G