[droid714]

I was thinking about sending in a couple of my 1958 Topps football cards to PSA to get graded. Keep in mind that most of the 58's I have are commons; most were purchased back in the 1990's at various card shows and through different online dealers.

I have no reason to suspect that any of them have been trimmed or altered in any way, but after reading the PSA rules that they get to keep your grading fee if, in their opinion, a card has been trimmed or doctored in any other way, I measured them all so I wouldn't get hit with any expensive surprises.

I discovered two things: all of my 58's have identical dimensions and all measure a tiny bit short side-to-side. Since most of the cards were only worth a few dollars when I bought them and since they came from so many different sources, I find it hard to believe that they were all trimmed to the exact same dimensions.

So to verify further, I had a 62 Topps football card that I broke out of a PSA "8" holder and I put it back to back with one of my 58's and they were identical.

So, my question is, it it normal for the 58's (and apparently the 62's) to measure a tiny bit narrow?

Any information would be greatly appreciated.

John