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Posted By: warshawlaw

What we are referring to as "rattlers" are GAI-holdered cards that slide around inside the space. Why this happens is not entirely clear, but it appears to me after looking at my SGC and GAI holders side by side that the following is at work:

1. SGC cuts its templates to a much tighter tolerance than GAI. The margin between the card and the black insert edge in my SGC cards is much less than with the GAI cards. More space is more area to slide around and, more important, more chance for the card to thrash aroumd violently causing damage. I bought a GAI-slabbed Willis T206 that thrashed around so much that the top edge was damaged. I had it reslabbed by SGC only by then it had fallen to good condition.

2. GAI's insert appear to me to be thicker. It is ok for a thick card like an OJ or an N28, but it is death for E and T cards.