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Posted By: leon

You can send your great vintage card to PSA and have the snotty nosed kid send it back as "miscut"....hopefully without Cheeto's residue on it ( although I like cheeto's)..........but in all seriousness here are a few tips...

1. measure the card and check it versus the guides measurements.

2. compare it to other cards of the same series....a lot of vintage cards have varied sizes.

3. look for a "wavy" cut on the sides or top or bottom

4. if any of the first 3 look suspicious look for 2 corners to be more "pointed" than the other 2....

5. on albumen (photo) type cards feel the edges....if any are smooth there could be a problem as most should have some "rough" feel to them.......

6. handle as many cards as possible...

hope these hints will help....seems like no one ever wants to tell exactly what to do......but these methods are a dang good start......

regards,
leon

These are all signs of trimming