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Frank WakefieldI understand your thought process on it all, Robert. I just have a different view on it.
Andrew, if the cut severing the card and the coupon was down into the coupon a 1/16th of an inch, wouldn't all of the card still be there, then? How could that be graded down any more than a card with more of the coupon, or half of the coupon, or 7/8ths of the coupon, or eventually all of the coupon?
Really, the slabbing guys should grade anything they grade authentic, and then ad a numerical grade for others. If it isn't authentic they shouldn't grade it in the first place. As for strip cards, the intent was for the cards to be cut apart at the store, not at the factory. I've long thought the slabbing guys were unduly pickyashell about that. And that reminds me of my belief that some folks are way too torn up about slab numbers, and not concerned enough about the history of the card inside nor the player thereon. Maybe I've got it wrong, and should develop concern for slab numbers and population reports.