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Posted By: barrysloate

Regarding why a low grade card still might be trimmed:

In the early days of the hobby, around the 1980's, a popular way to display T206's was placing them in 16 pocket sheets. Unlike top loaders, which make it easy to insert a card, these were side loaders. And in most cases it was really hard squeezing a tobacco card into the space allotted. So what collectors often did was trim a hairline off the top or bottom border.

I had a good friend (may he rest in peace) who trimmed down his entire T206 set that way so that he could get the cards to fit. Come to think of it, he had a Plank and Magie. Maybe this card was it, you never know.