Mark on the surface of an old chrome card

rlriii13 · 10-11-2023, 02:47 PM

I picked up a 2001 chrome card at an estate sale and I was considering getting it graded. Once I got it home, I got it unstuck from the penny sleeve it was in and found that the semi-circle shape I thought was a small hair was actually attached to the card's surface.

Anyone have experience with this? Is this a defect that's been seen on other cards? I've read about damage from slabbing. Could this have been cracked from a slab at some point in its past?

RufussCkingston · 10-11-2023, 04:16 PM

Almost looks symetrical, part of the design? Can't see how that would be crackout damage... Why not show us the whole card...

mjohnatgt · 10-11-2023, 06:09 PM

Looks like someone tried hole-punching it and then came to their senses.

rlriii13 · 10-12-2023, 07:46 AM

It's the 2001 Topps Ichiro. It's definitely not part of the design. Here's a scan of the card from Google.

It does look like a hole punch! Or some kind of press. I don't think it's damage from cracking, but perhaps damage from being pressed into a slab...? I don't know, I'm grasping at straws. It's probably from something stupid like a pen cap or getting clipped as a 3-ring binder was closed too fast.

f2tornado · 10-16-2023, 03:45 PM

Those flaws are relatively common on Chrome and Prizm stuff. I've also even seen stuff like that on paper but far less common. I'm speculating debris (dust, bugs, hair, fibers, etc.) get into the printing process.

10-11-2023, 02:47 PM	#1
rlriii13 Member Join Date: Oct 2020 Posts: 103	Mark on the surface of an old chrome card I picked up a 2001 chrome card at an estate sale and I was considering getting it graded. Once I got it home, I got it unstuck from the penny sleeve it was in and found that the semi-circle shape I thought was a small hair was actually attached to the card's surface. Anyone have experience with this? Is this a defect that's been seen on other cards? I've read about damage from slabbing. Could this have been cracked from a slab at some point in its past?

10-11-2023, 04:16 PM	#2
RufussCkingston Member Join Date: Aug 2020 Location: Uranus Posts: 1,313	Almost looks symetrical, part of the design? Can't see how that would be crackout damage... Why not show us the whole card...

10-11-2023, 06:09 PM	#3
mjohnatgt Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Niceville, FL Posts: 14,855 mjohnatgt mjohnatgt	Looks like someone tried hole-punching it and then came to their senses.

10-12-2023, 07:46 AM	#4
rlriii13 Member Join Date: Oct 2020 Posts: 103	It's the 2001 Topps Ichiro. It's definitely not part of the design. Here's a scan of the card from Google. It does look like a hole punch! Or some kind of press. I don't think it's damage from cracking, but perhaps damage from being pressed into a slab...? I don't know, I'm grasping at straws. It's probably from something stupid like a pen cap or getting clipped as a 3-ring binder was closed too fast.

10-16-2023, 03:45 PM	#5
f2tornado Member Join Date: Dec 2019 Location: Bismarck, ND Posts: 2,508 f2tornado f2tornado	Those flaws are relatively common on Chrome and Prizm stuff. I've also even seen stuff like that on paper but far less common. I'm speculating debris (dust, bugs, hair, fibers, etc.) get into the printing process.