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E, DanielThe pops are'nt there to be a historical representation of any and all cards ever submitted that might have reached a certain grade.....after all, what exactly does that mean? Is it a future research paper of some sort of merit that PSA graders once looked at a card and determined it a 5, even though that card/slab combination no longer exists?
As far as I can tell, the pops are there for one purpose only, and that is to show how many cards currently sit graded at a particular tier. Anything else seems immaterial.
Your original statement is exactly correct though. Population reports that show two cards existing where only one does in actuality, double the true numbers. Much as I orginally suggested.
Daniel