1977 Topps Star Wars #254 Darth Vader (David Prowse) — Raw

Centering: left/right borders appear roughly 55/45 and top/bottom roughly 60/40 — not a centering problem. Corners: all four corners show visible rounding, consistent with heavy handling; no corner is sharp or even moderately crisp. Surface: significant scratching and scuffing is visible across the face of the card image, with what appears to be a light diagonal crease or heavy surface scratch running through the lower-center of the image area — this is the primary grade killer. Edges: appear worn but intact with no tears visible. The combination of rounded corners, notable surface wear/scuffing, and possible crease lands this squarely in the VG (3) range, with VG-EX (4) only possible if the surface marks prove to be scuffs rather than a true crease on physical inspection.

Centering: left border appears noticeably wider than right (estimated ~70/30 L/R), and top border wider than bottom (~65/35 T/B) — the seller discloses OC (off-center) which the photo supports; this centering pushes the grade ceiling down significantly. Green borders on Series 5 are less prone to chipping than blue but the left and bottom edges show some roughness consistent with light handling. Corners appear to have minor rounding, consistent with EX range — no sharp points are visible but no severe blunting either. Surface gloss appears intact with no obvious creases or staining visible in this scan. The OC condition as acknowledged by the seller is the primary grade-limiter here; absent a crease the card likely lands in the EX (5) to EX-MT (6) range, but the centering keeps it from going higher.

Centering: left border appears roughly 2x the width of the right border, and the top border is noticeably wider than the bottom — estimating approximately 70/30 left-to-right and 65/35 top-to-bottom, which is significantly off-center and consistent with the seller's OC (off-center) disclosure; this alone caps the grade in the EX-5 to EX-MT-6 range at best. Corners appear slightly soft with light rounding visible at the bottom-left and bottom-right, consistent with EX to EX-MT wear. Surface gloss looks reasonably intact with no obvious creases visible from this angle, and the green border shows no significant chipping. The seller's 'EXMT+' surface/corner assessment seems plausible, but the OC condition is the grade-limiting factor here, pulling the ceiling down to a PSA 5 or borderline 6 depending on how strictly the submitting grader weighs the centering deviation.

Centering: left border appears noticeably wider than right (estimated ~70/30 L/R), and top border appears wider than bottom (~65/35 T/B) — the seller discloses OC (off-center) which is consistent with what the photo shows; this alone caps the grade in PSA's OC-qualifier range, typically suppressing the numeric grade by 1-2 points regardless of surface condition. Surface and gloss appear reasonably intact with no visible creases from this angle, consistent with the seller's EX-MT+ claim on the card's physical condition. Corners cannot be fully assessed at this resolution but appear to show only light wear — no severe rounding visible. The off-center issue is the dominant grade-limiter here; a card that might otherwise grade 6-7 on surface/corners will be capped lower due to centering, landing the estimate at PSA 5 (EX) with the OC qualifier likely.