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Marc S.I would not consider purchasing a Nodgrass variation in the current environment unless:
a) you can personally view the card and examinate it closely under lighted loupe under a variation of angles, etc.
b) if you cannot view it personally beforehand, I would only consider purchasing it if it has at least part of the "S" still present. Of all the altered ones I have seen personally or through scans -- the "S" has been completely missing each time. Many of the authentic examples have at least a portion of the "S" still present -- usually the top left if memory serves me correctly. I have not encountered an altered example that has any portion of the "S" still there. There are authentic one(s) without any portion of the S, but I would be extremely wary of any such examples unless you could personally view them and convince yourself (And hopefully other experts) that it is authentic and unaltered.