I believe the criteria used for grading hand cut cuts is the size of the borders. If the handcutting is done neatly, with four relatively full borders, then the card is eligible for a numerical grade. If it's cut so close that it goes nearly into the image, it will get an AUTH grade. I feel this can get too subjective but that's the way I am told it works.
I should add I pretty much repeated what Jay just said.
Last edited by barrysloate; 03-05-2011 at 07:53 AM.
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