PSA plastic "elbow" in holder
 

Posted By: <b>Jamie Boneparth</b><p>Sorry I don't have a scan of this, but is anyone familiar with the PSA practice of putting a plastic &quot;elbow&quot; on a corner of a card to keep it in place? I had a T206 that was graded 10+ years ago, and it has this plastic elbow on it. The card itself is small... quite small for a T206. Though I read on this site that there's a natural variation in sizes on the T206's?<br><br>Any info on this would be great...<br><br>Thanks,<br><br>Jamie<br>

PSA plastic "elbow" in holder
 

Posted By: <b>jay wolt</b><p>You sure it wasn't GAI?<br>Never saw PSA use a plastic insert to support a card.<br>But I have seen GAI use foam peanuts on a Red Man pack<br>and here's a bunch of plastic supporting my Salada coin strip.<br><br><img src="http://www.qualitycards.com/ebay/saladaquad.jpg" alt="[linked image]">

PSA plastic "elbow" in holder
 

Posted By: <b>Peter_Spaeth</b><p>Did something happen to Covington?

PSA plastic "elbow" in holder
 

Posted By: <b>Neal Kane</b><p>Peter, I think he was simply too embarrassed to be in that &quot;holder&quot;, so he broke out.

PSA plastic "elbow" in holder
 

Posted By: <b>JDRUM</b><p>....and fled to Canada.<br><br>Actually, I think it is Cunningham that is missing.

PSA plastic "elbow" in holder
 

Posted By: <b>Peter_Spaeth</b><p>One coin is missing but it is called &quot;unopened&quot;? Maybe Jay can clarify.

PSA plastic "elbow" in holder
 

Posted By: <b>jay wolt</b><p>No coins are missing, the Joe Cunningham has the back facing us.<br>Its a black coin so it appears to be missing but its there.

PSA plastic "elbow" in holder
 

Posted By: <b>quan</b><p>jay i rechecked the date but it's not april 1st anymore...that holder is unreal! looks like a bunch of 2nd graders put it together.

PSA plastic "elbow" in holder
 

Posted By: <b>jay wolt</b><p>Quan - the funny thing to me is that I had it displayed w/ my Junket unopened box from '62 advertising a coin inside the box.<br>I put the strip in a .15 cent 1 pocket sheet, then folded it in half.<br>So the strip was now rigid and protected...and it looked great.<br>But no, I had to spend $25 or $30 on this eyesore. Its jammed in a box <br>somewhere, but I refuse to cut it open as a reminder that not all items<br>should be encapsulated.

PSA plastic "elbow" in holder
 

Posted By: <b>Rob D.</b><p>Look at the bright side, Jay, at least you've got the GAI &quot;authentic&quot; stamp of approval.<br><br>Which is nice.

PSA plastic "elbow" in holder
 

Posted By: <b>Al C.risafulli</b><p>The flip is tamper-proof, though, so that's cool.<br><br>-Al

PSA plastic "elbow" in holder
 

Posted By: <b>Jodi Birkholm</b><p>&quot;....and fled to Canada.&quot;<br><br>Quick! Name a player that was born in Laurinburg, North Carolina and lives in Edmonton, Ontario, Canada and can't hit. Wes Covington. Now name another one. <br><br>Sorry. He <i>could</i> hit--I was just reminded of the Reno Bertoia entry in &quot;The Great American Baseball Card Flipping, Trading and Bubblegum Book&quot;.

PSA plastic "elbow" in holder
 

Posted By: <b>Jamie Boneparth</b><p>Interesting! I had assumed that many would have seen this before. I will try to have a scan up early next week...