Rough cuts and grading standards

[darwinbulldog]

Originally Posted by Wid_Conroy

I think the card posted is being penalized for a rough cut. I think to the extent that there is 'chipping' on the surface near the edges, it is certainly penalized. Perhaps the author can share scans of the front, and clarify what the position is on the card. Is he saying it should be a 4?

With the info provided, it looks like a 5 is reasonable based on the corner and edges that I can see from the back scan.

This is the front of the card. My point was that it has pretty heavy damage to the corners (especially the bottom right corner but more noticeable at the bottom left corner of the back scan) and should probably have graded a 3, but that if you compare the corners to the edges and have decided that the edges look just fine then the corners don't seem so terrible.