Posted By:
Hal LewisI would absolutely get the card put into an SGC oversized holder, even though it would only grade a 10 due to the corners being snipped.
They only use the "authentic" label for special cards... but if you send it in and request them to grade it and make it clear that you would settle for an "Authentic"...
I think you will be very happy.
PS - I don't think your card is truly considered a "trimmed" card... even though it is obviously trimmed.
The grading companies refuse to grade trimmed cards that are NOT obviously trimmed to the naked eye for fear of someone NOT knowing later that the card was ever trimmed.
Your card does not have that danger associated with it since anyone would know that it was trimmed.