Grading of Strip Cards

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Posted By: ted

How do you determine a grade for a strip card? Since i am under the impression that these cards were hand cut by the consumer after purchase. If that is indeed the case, what's to stop a current collector from trimming a bit more to make the card look nice and clean. Is it there for assumed that a "trimmed" card doesn't really exist since they are all technically trimmed. Does the width then come into play? Any thoughts would be appreciated.

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Posted By: jay behrens

The great conundrum of slabbing cards. How can they grade strip cards with recent trim jobs yet reject non-strip cards for trimming? I'd love to see the slabbers make a note if there is evidence of recent trimming. It's not that hard to tell.

Jay

My place is full of valuable, worthless junk.

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Posted By: Greg Martin

Strip cards will not be graded unless they meet the appropriate dimensions, such as 1 3/8 by 2 1/2 for w-514s. Otherwise, the card will not receive a numeric grade but labelled authentic instead.
I'm new to the board, by the way, and look forward to taking part.

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Posted By: jay behrens

But the question is, why grade a strip card that was oversized and cut down to "standard" dimensions by someone very recently, yet they won't grade an oversized t206 that has been cut down to "standard" dimensions?

It's not real hard to tell the difference between a vintage trim and a recent trim.

Jay

My place is full of valuable, worthless junk.

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Posted By: dan mckee

They grade them because it makes them money, period. Grading isn't for the hobby, it is to make money. Please reference Jim's article in VCBC.

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Posted By: warshawlaw

A T206 was not.

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Posted By: Josh K.

does anyone have a pdf or link to jims article?