Looking at card there closer up there are also so many missing or worn down lines on the bricks in the design. In my own condition upgrade I did a couple years ago I eliminated cards like that or ones that have any scratches or any black tiny dots from my collection as well as the ones that have peeling around the edges of the silver ovals on back or misalignment of card # pattern# within those silver ovals. I still have about 30 cards Id like to replace. None are in bad condition except for a Hinch card 83 pattern# 56 which has too many blemishes to be considered mint or near mint. Most of the other 30 or so just have a few tiny black dots or some partially missing lines in background design like in this card mentioned. I bought one a couple years ago from a member on this board who said the AJ Hinch he had was mint but my dinged up pat# 56 was in much better condition than the one I bought. Oh well... it happens. I have found specifically that pattern # 36 for me was the most difficult pattern to get in mint condition for some reason and of the 30 on my Condition Upgrade Want list 6 off them are pattern # 36 cards (8,36,47,48,70,71,89).... Go figure..
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