Reasons for "A" grade?

[Fred]

Originally Posted by raulus

My understanding is that those cards actually get the dreaded AA grade - Authentic Altered.

Although I guess there's room to question whether there's really a difference between plain old Authentic and Authentic Altered, since most of the Authentic grades are handed out due to some form of alteration.

I didn't know that the TPGs started an AA grade. Not sure why the AA label because if assigned an A grade, it usually means some type of alteration (including trimming) or totally trashed, which would be obvious. If an AA label drops the price a ton, I'll take them if the eye appeal is good and the discount is better.

Collecting in the 21st century!