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Posted By: barrysloate

Wouldn't you also get the MK qualifier if you had a card graded that had an ink mark or stamp on the back even if there was no atttempt to erase it? For example, a card that would be VG but it has an initial on the back. That would get a 3 MK, but I may be wrong. Also, asking someone to admit in a sale that they removed a light pencil mark from the back of the card, say a blank backed Old Judge, might be expecting a little too much. I don't think even I would mention that if the erasure were invisible, and I think I am a reasonably ethical person. I think there are things exponentially worse than that going on, such as cards that have been rebacked that now reside in holders (yes, that really exists), so I hope we all agree that a stray pencil mark isn't something we should focus too much attention on.