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T206Collector...and you have hit on one reason behind why I would never purchase a PSA graded card above a 6. Cost is another factor; but not only because it costs too much to purchase a PSA 7 T206 card, but also because the high value is an even bigger incentive to alter these cards.
I would like someone to sponsor the SGC Challenge. Have your PSA 7 and higher T206 cards sent in to SGC, and SGC will give you their opinion on ability to cross over. I think it would be interesting to see their responses on cards like these. And I think if I paid mid/high four figures for a common T206 card, I would spring for the nominal fee to see what SGC thought.
At some point, the prices are so high, the incentive to alter the cards is so large and PSA's motives are so questionable that it would only make sense to have a card graded by more than one 3d party authenticator.