T206 Advice Trim?

[Gradedcardman]

Looks good here

[Bridwell]

Looks normal for a T206

[shaunsteig]

corners are all evenly rounded, which goes against it being trimmed. from the front view, seems I can appreciate the the diamond slant on the top edge better than the bottom. but from the back view can also appreciate the slant along the bottom. so looks kosher to me.
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[T206Collector]

Agreed. Not trimmed. Nice card!

The trick to telling if a T206 is trimmed is by looking at the actual edges of the card -- compare the striations that the factory knife made on each side. If three look brown, and one looks white, that's a bad sign. Also, the edges of t206 cards should not be perfectly square, front then side then back. You should notice a slight bevel on, I believe, two of the edges.

[fkw]

rounded corner and diamond cut = not trimmed

[rp12367]

I checked and all edges appear to have same coloring/toning and bevel. Guess the diamond cut was playing tricks. Thanks to all for the help... Thx Ralph

[FrankWakefield]

First, I think it's a good looking card.

In my experience, diamond cut cards would have the opposite edges/sides parallel. Were that card diamond cut, the bottom would be parallel to that non-perpendicular top. But it isn't. So I'd not consider that a diamond cut. I know little about grading, other than I don't trust it and don't care for it. It would not surprise me if SGC or PSA considered that card miscut. Not trimmed, but miscut. Again, I think it's a good looking white border tobacco card. If you do send that in for grading, post the outcome in this thread, please.