I have been grinding pretty hard on a 75 topps mini set. I have it completed and close to a second set as well. The goal has been to get every card in NMT or better and it is tougher than I thought it would be. Even pack fresh minis seem to have issues, most notably Diamond cuts, centering in general, print issues such as fish eyes but also smudging, registration, and color problems. There are also surface challenges with bubbles or the type of veining that must give TPGs fits. Anyway my set is pretty awesome but it still got a ways to go. Not cheap either and high quality mini cards are not easy. I can’t even imagine the top registry guys with their 9s and 10s.
I will say it is fun to buy a huge lot of nice ones and compare them to my existing set to sub out what I can. It leads to a lot of agonizing decisions such as should I take the mint off center card of one that is in great shape with good centering but has a touched corner or two.
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