Anyone see anything wrong with this 51 Mantle?

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by bnorth

Not necessarily. PSA and their great marketing team made these flips for a short time when the first changed the slab. You know the tamper proof ones. Then after several sent in their cards for reholdering they changed the flip to have that strip on the back you are referring to. It was great for them because it got several to get their cards reholdered twice.

I thought once they went to the hologram they all had the strip. There was an earlier tamper proof holder with no hologram. But I could be wrong.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I thought once they went to the hologram they all had the strip. There was an earlier tamper proof holder with no hologram. But I could be wrong.

I have a few I personally sent in so I know they made them. I can post pics if you want.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Your word is good with me.

Do you see anything else obviously wrong with the Mantle?

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Your word is good with me.

Do you see anything else obviously wrong with the Mantle?

No I don't Peter, but I am far from an expert on early Mantle cards. I do know that PSA also put some of those flips in old style slabs. Can't remember who it was but they posted on here that they received both style slabs with those early holo flips on the same submission.

[dzolot]

Looks pretty good to me, except centering isn't great.

[orly57]

The card looks legit to me and looks like it could be a 6 with those nice corners. Psa is constantly changing flips, holders, and the font style, making it even tougher to identify a fake slab.

[ajquigs]

I looked at it for a while and then checked out a few online.
Am I right that his head doesn't look quite right?

[swarmee]

The strip on the back started around cert numbers 24,900,000.