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04-13-2023, 12:09 PM
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Here's how a lot of my cards look
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I like them to present well, but they have issues - round corners, creasing, back damage, tape residue, trimming, backstamps, writing, etc. I try to avoid paperloss on the front, and I also avoid the real beaters - a crease here and there is fine, but not covered. Sometimes the damage tells a story - I have a WaJo hands at chest that was ripped in two and taped back together that I bought from another board member - in my mind it was a little brother taunting a big brother - "you think I won't, but I will" and then he ripped it and big brother had to tape it back together - after giving little brother a proper thumping. 
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04-15-2023, 07:44 PM
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I don’t want mint as there is less risk they are doctored getting nice looking low grade. If I get a nice two, even if doctored the floor is only two grades lower. Less risk this way. Rounded corners doesn’t bother me just like junk silver doesn’t bother me though stains, creases across the player or paper loss front or back not a fan off (unless blank back)
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04-15-2023, 08:55 PM
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For a lot of pre-war, even the more common stuff, this is an abstract matter.
How many actual, genuinely Mint cards are there in c. 1910 sets? Many of those graded as such are not Mint but are in fact trimmed cards that are a 0 but look very nice. There's the Black Swamp E98's and a tiny number of other cards that have survived in Mint condition. I am pretty sure the majority of my pre-war wantlist has 0 mint examples surviving to even be a possibility. Minty cards mostly don't exist for what I collect, and so they aren't an option for me. Even genuine, actual EX cards are rare for most sets (T206 there's a lot due to the huge numbers of extant cards). My priority is finishing sets, and oftentimes the card I get depends more on what comes up than the grade. Sometimes it's a poor beater, sometimes it's the top POP card that I then crack out. My preference is to the former, I don't care about creases and honest wear and so I'd rather have the worse card that I like just the same but costs me less, but oftentimes it's not a real factor because I don't have 12 available to choose from and price.
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