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warshawlawI have some blank backed cards from the 1948 leaf issue that I sent to SGC for grading. They were graded. That being said, if the card was skinned, I would not expect GAI to grade it at all, and certainly not to list it as a blank back. My guess is that the grader gave SCP the choice of having it graded poor due to the massive printing flaws or merely authenticated.
This raises really interesting issues: Do we afficionados of error cards have the choice now to have a company authenticate and encapsulate our treasures? Should we? How would you grade a ghost T card or a severely miscut card, since on "regular" grading standards it is very low grade but carries a premium and is very hotly collected?