Stain
Grading is a technical art that does not necessarily reflect the overall eye appeal of a card -- nor does it claim to be. Case in point a mint card with a tiny pinhole. In this case the 2 looks like it has water stain on top right portion of card and such a card has a ceiling of a 2. In short, people misunderstand grading as a "which card cumulatively looks better" which is not how the grading scale is set up to be.
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