Card Identification Forum

I have had 2 request about this card.  One asked about the condition.  Which looks very good to me.   Sharp corners for a 70s with little wear on the edges.

The issue I find is it is off centered like most older cards.  (top to bottom).   No big deal except there is a black line on the top.   Where it appears that the cut should have been made.   I have never seen this on any other cards.   So is it a fake???  Everything else look right.

I do not want to sale or trade if it is a fake.

centering issues are common in this era

I have others with centering like that in my set

mark

I have no problems with the off centering.   I see that all the time.

It is the black line that appears to be a cut line.  If they would have cut the card on that line it would have been centered.

I'm looking at a '70 Dick Ellsworth (#59) in front of me and it has a razor-thin black line running horizontally near the top edge, so I'm guessing that Robby card is okay.  Funny, I flipped through one of my alphabetical star binders and saw a razor-thin white line at the top for three 1970 cards (Reuss rookie, Staub and Sutton).

There are no cut lines on a sheet of 1970 Topps cards.  Your card could have a white line if it was on the outer part of the sheet.

A number of cards in this set have been cut with a black horizontal line at the top and others have a white horizontal line at the top. Some can also be found with the line at the bottom. A few can be found with either the black or white line, such as #97 Joe Moeller--I have both the black line and the white line version.

Regarding the OP's #463 Frank Robinson AS card, there is a black line version presently viewable on COMC's site and I'm sure there others out there. fwiw, I'm confident the OP's card is not fake.