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Posted By: Kevin

In response to Hankron, I would not want a card in which anything was fixed or replaced, however if there was no way of telling if the card was cut 50 years ago or 15 minutes ago, i would go with whatever one was in better condition.

What I am getting at is if all you saw was the finshed product, two mint cards, both the correct size and all original, and there was no way to tell them apart, why is it important when they were cut from the original sheet?

I understand your point about wanting the vintage item over the original, and that makes sense to me. 99.9% of reproductions are easily identified. With vintage cards cut from sheets, it is nearly impossible to tell what is a modern cut compared to a vintage cut.

In response to runscott, technology is why you are seeing so many altered cards passing as original, and you are correct, it will only get worse.