Seeing oversized cards like these shows that there was some level of variation in the size of the cards when they were originally cut. I've bought a few that were sold as "trimmed" but, under a loupe, the boarders looked fine. I wonder how much the grading services rely on size alone vs. actually looking at the boarders under magnification. I've been tempted to submit a few of these cards to SGC but have held off because I figured they'd get dinged on size alone.
I've always figured it was mercury from the giant smelter in the background that caused Shannon's obvious deformities.
Last edited by jlynch1960; 02-23-2010 at 03:07 PM.
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