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Originally Posted by Gmrson
I've got the loupe. Any suggestions on good info? I'll start by looking at the Clemente against other '66 cards.
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For me, I take a group of like cards (for this exercise I grabbed a stack of '62s) and put them all together and take my loupe and look at the sides. I'm looking at the grain of the cut. Is it consistent on all the cards? If you find one inconsistent, and the cards measures short, it just might be trimmed. I do this for all four sides of the cards.
This is also a good method to tell if cards have been re-colored - for example '71 Topps. The black marker or Sharpee will always bleed through to the edges and when you stack a group of them together and one of them has been recolored, that black in will stick out like a sore thumb from the others.
Edited: My picture is not the best in the world, but you get the idea. You can get a really good look with a loupe.