Oh my?!?!?

[Bill77]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

Looks better than a 6 to me

I was going to say what's worse the obvious mistake or the grade.

[seanofjapan]

Grade might be due to the surface gloss on the back being a bit less shiny than normal, a problem that the 1953 Topps set is notorious for.

[JollyElm]

Here's a real one listed on eBay beneath the one posted above (for anyone who doesn't realize what's going on here)...

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[bobbyw8469]

In the seller's defense, the case appears to be an older style case, so I doubt they sent it in for grading themselves. The condition doesn't match the card. There appears to be some frosting on the bottom of the case, so maybe someone wanted to see if they could "get over" on this card shop?? I find it hard to believe a grading company would make that huge of a mistake.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

In the seller's defense, the case appears to be an older style case, so I doubt they sent it in for grading themselves. The condition doesn't match the card. There appears to be some frosting on the bottom of the case, so maybe someone wanted to see if they could "get over" on this card shop?? I find it hard to believe a grading company would make that huge of a mistake.

LOL, it is PSA if there is a mistake to be made they have done it multiple times. Plus there have been easily 100 examples similar to this posted on this forum over the years.

[Cliff Bowman]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

In the seller's defense, the case appears to be an older style case, so I doubt they sent it in for grading themselves. The condition doesn't match the card. There appears to be some frosting on the bottom of the case, so maybe someone wanted to see if they could "get over" on this card shop?? I find it hard to believe a grading company would make that huge of a mistake.

If that is the case then someone had to switch the flips, that 1953 reprint measures 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" and fits snuggly in that casing, a real 1953 measures 2 5/8" x 3 3/4".

[savedfrommyspokes]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

In the seller's defense, the case appears to be an older style case, so I doubt they sent it in for grading themselves. The condition doesn't match the card. There appears to be some frosting on the bottom of the case, so maybe someone wanted to see if they could "get over" on this card shop?? I find it hard to believe a grading company would make that huge of a mistake.

I looked at that....but, the PSA case is for a standard sized card (as the 53 Archives are). There was no swapping on this one.

More interesting is are the cards submitted before and after...the card right after this one is a 1953 Kiner PSA 7. On either side of these two cards more modern type stuff.

ETA, Cliff, as always, is a couple of keystrokes ahead of me.

[jchcollins]

It happens. I once saw a very obviously fake '67 Seaver RC in a BVG slab.

[raulus]

They can all come hang with my PSA 9 Mays. Pop 1 of 2!!!

Now just 1 left after I bought it to get it reholdered and off the pop charts.

[GasHouseGang]

Unbelievable! I figured even PSA wouldn't make that same mistake twice!