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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

Hal,

Let me first say, I do not prescribe to any Grading service.
I just have no long-term confidence in this service as applied
to BB cards. This feeling is mainly based on my observations
of the Coin grading history. And, I say this so that you real-
ize that I arguing this from a totally academic standpoint.

Now, the cards from my youth have perfectly beveled corners,
which leads me to conclude they were factory "rounded". NOT
hand cut.

But, more importantly, there is a cardboard stock difference
between the ROUNDIES and the SQUARES. The ROUNDIES are printed
on a slightly thicker stock. This was brought to my attention
by a long-time collector of these cards about a year ago at
the Philly Show in Ft. Washington. I compared my originals
with the about a dozen Reprints that I have, and sure enough
there is a slight, but nevertheless, difference.