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Posted By: zach

I really don't think that should be graded anything other than authentic. These cards usually come in the same shape the Wagner is in, four borders but I have seen a Mathewson with what looks like the full side of a candy box and then the cards were cut from it. So the cards were obviously hand cut from some type of candy box or something similiar to a candy box, maybe some kind of candy wrapper ? I say this because they are made on a thin rice paper so seeing a box able to support a piece of candy made out of just rice paper doesnt seem possible. Either way these are hand cut cards, what they were cut from, a candy wrapper or thin panel of a candy box is unknown, but I do believe this is a perfect situation when the authentic grade needs to come into play.
BTW can anyone add to this checklist of known examples ?
Christy Mathewson
Honus Wagner
Cy Young
Johnny Evers