Zeenut related poll

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Posted By: Frank Wakefield

Andrew, I don't know if it counts or not... I'm not very wise in the ways of grading.

But I do think that the grading companies should grade the card part of a ZeeNut, and if all of the card is there (which does not include the coupon) then it seems to me they should grade it... even with a number. Hell's bells, if you send a T206 in with a piece of the corner missing, where it is worn, I'd think SGC would give it a 10. Why does a T206 missing a bit of a corner get a 10, but a ZeeNut missing stuff below the card that was intended to be cut... why does that, at best, get an "A"?

I do know that they misidentify cards, sometimes. I do think that folks rely on slab numbers instead of what's in the slab; on population reports that can't be correct (because a few of us collectors break the little guys out, and some folks cross over grading). Generally, if it is an issue I know about, I find that I know more about the card than the grading companies. For instance I currently have a white border tobacco card in a slab that is identified as "T206" (they got that right) of "Randall" "throwing". Randall is a Milwaukee minor leaguer in the set, and it looks like a portrait to me, no arms, no ball, no throwing. There are worse examples of mistakes. Maybe the Gretzky T206 and the Doyle impossible back cards are the most glaring examples.