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Posted By: barrysloate

I agree- in the old days we graded cards with a different standard. If it looked near mint at arm's length we called it near mint. Today there are objective standards (which are actually extremely subjective) that relagate a lot of these so-called near mint cards to the mid-grade level. Everyone has gone through the disappointment of sending old time collections in to be slabbed, only to receive grades well below their expectations.