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The most common flaw that keeps this card from earning a PSA 10 grade? Print defects on the front surface. To offer some insight direct from the PSA Grading Room: One aspect that sets the 1980 Topps Rickey Henderson card apart from almost all other cards in the set is the large area of black surface on the front of the card, thanks to the shadow cast inside the dugout in the background of the image. As was the case with many vintage sets with darker areas on the surface, this created a higher likelihood for white, snowy-looking print dots or yellow “fish eye” defects to show up as heavily visible on this portion of the surface, affecting the overall eye appeal of the card. Finding copies wit

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