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Posted By: fkw

Card actually has scrapbook damage/paper missing on back (see rougher area around glue stains). It should never grade better than it is. It is the front that brought the good $$, very nice contrast.

Many N172 card were intentionally "skinned" (cardboard backing removed from real photo front) in order to make them easier to glue into Victorian Scrapbooks. Modern collectors sometimes will add a piece of period cardboard to the back of a skinned card to make it closer to the real thickness of a whole card. This is called "rebacked". Rebacked cards look nicer than a skinned card, but will never grade. Its basically a restored card.

After saying that...... I dont think this card was rebacked. Why would someone reback a card with a scrapbook damaged back??

Nice card!