Originally posted by: NESfiend
Agree when it comes to CIB and sealed. 30 year old loose carts though, you can only be so picky. Clean label with no cuts or tears, no writing or other markings on cart, no damage. How much more can you expect from a cart?
In theory, it doesn’t matter what we can expect. If it’s not mint then it’s not mint. Grading can’t be done on a curve or it’s meaningless.
I could lecture about the process but I don’t want to be overbearing. So I will just say that truly NM/M condition is difficult to find with many item categories. “There is no perfect card.”
In this example, many small flaws are visible in the close-up and that is just a partial shot. I will agree all day that it’s very nice. It’s not mint condition.