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SteveBack in the day I always called a gem mint card that ended up with 1 or 2 minor probs an ex/mnt card.
we had MINT, NEAR MINT, EX/MNT, EX, VG, G, P
A near mint card out of the pack could never become an ex/mnt card, once it received a flaw it became an ex card.
I am not sure who made up the standard, but i remember reading this back in the early to mid 70's.
Thus the name ......EX/MINT It was an excellant MINT card.
Steve