Miscut??! Hmmm…

[JollyElm]

Sent this 1968 Topps #280 Mickey Mantle into PSA with the expectation of a nice grade...only to have it sent back to me unholdered with a MISCUT designation.
(Point of note: there are no centering issues on the back.)

It was the first time I heard of 'miscut' meaning anything other than a card being sliced so badly that parts of the image were missing.

The reason for it is, if you look at the lower half of the left side, it sort of balloons out a bit, so it doesn't form a straight-lined edge.

Later on (to get it in a slab), I sent it to SGC with the 'holder if authentic' boxed checked, and they put the dreaded MISCUT on the label.
Which is better, I guess, simply for the fact that AUTHENTIC alone without an explanation hints at something possibly nefarious.


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Since Topps cut it this way at the factory (and it's nicely centered), I wish they would just put a frickin' number on it. Total BS!!