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Originally Posted by russkcpa
A beautiful example with that recurring defect. I'm guessing it will not affect grade. This is a great looking PSA 9
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It is true the 67 and 60 PD's noted in this thread were rather common flaws on the cards; similar issues routinely plague the other Mantle basic issues. Despite the common nature of the flaws, I couldn't give those two 9s a pass and call them nice 9s, in my opinion. On the 67, side centering is off and it has the PD above the S. One can find an example without those flaws, though it is scarce. Same for the 1960; that PD and the centering (not to mention the focus) would make it a hard pass— at that grade level for that money I need the card to look lights-out.
Many of the high-grade Mantle cards were given those grades ages ago and would not make the cut today. Card over flip.