Does anyone have PC examples of a low grade slab they have that presents really well centered, or like a crease you can’t see (My pop 1 Gengar PSA 2) on the front but you look at the back and you say “yep, this is why you’re a 4” AND got it for a good price?
Dunno about a PSA 10 front/2 back, but this is my shining Mew:
The front looks really nice, but the back has all sorts of stuff going on. Lots of visible scratches, crazy centering, whitening, and a huge visible crease straight down the middle top.
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THIS. Man, your card is exactly what I’m talking about. You would have no clue the back is like that. It’s like this:
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It isn’t, however, take a closer look above ‘pok’ - there’s a pen indent 
Here is my PSA 3 Rayquaza Gold Star (1st edition!)
It presents super well on the front and looks amazing in scans. Outside of some light edgewear there isn’t much visible on the front. Looking at the back (I don’t have a scan sadly), you can see there is a lot of edgewear, a crease running nearly across the card, and some discoloration on the edges as well. I bought it ungraded for $20 a very long time ago and graded it myself, not bad!
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That’s the very definition of a minor “partial crimp”! I’m looking for one that subtle as a fun comparison for friends.
I’m thinking of getting one I saw - graded ancient mew with the “partial crimp” label, and it might be even more subtle than yours… I still can’t find the one on the mew…
I have some good cgc-graded crimped cards, crimped and cut, crimped and cut with remainder, partial crimps, so it’s a fair question as to why I would want that, but I admit to being a collector of the weird as well as the silly. I’m truly wanting something labeled in a way that’s technically correct, but almost impossible to find… the opposite of what I usually want!
That’s counts as a fun conversation piece, in my book! And it’s killer artwork, too.
Y’know, when I think about it, the average person isn’t going to flip the card over. Hell, even half the time I don’t even flip my graded cards over. Nice card 4TCG!
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