Net54baseball.com Forums - Goodwin 1952 Topps Mantle 2 Mark with Qual

Nice card...I been watching this one!! Since I own a PSA 2(mk) as well, tho that all same grades are not visually the same.
As stated, given the grade due to the erasure on the back. Looks like a 4-5 grade as stated

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At some time, most likely in its early history, someone (probably a youngster!) wrote the number “7” in an open area on the card’s reverse just below the card’s catalog set number “311”. The hand written number was later erased; however, the impression and ghost of the number remain. In simple terms, the card is forever scarred. Now comes the decision. Without the faint reminder of a single number, handwritten by a child, penned on the card’s reverse, this well preserved relic would probably grade somewhere between a PSA 4 VG-EX or PSA 5 EX. So you have the qualities of a solid mid-grade card in a lower card package. If the choice is having a Mantle rookie in your collection or doing without one of the most iconic and revered cards ever minted, then the question is this: Can you live with the shadow of writing, not visible from the card’s front, in order to own an example of one of the hobby’s ultimate treasures at a justifiable and deeply discounted price?

Goodwin's
http://www.goodwinandco.com/ItemImag...57-2a_med.jpeg

Mine:
http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...ictureid=17295