This is a WOTC base set 1st edition graded card I just bought off ebay. Trying to understand what these small white squares are on the back of the card. You can really see them when shining a light through the front of the card. Are they print spots?
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These are imperfections in the plastic of the PSA case! See other discussion here:
I am fairly new to submitting to PSA and live in the UK. In total I have sent around 500 cards and in general only had a handful of cards I thought were really badly graded.
I finally had some time over the holiday to give the cards a better look and found around 50-100 cards that have been graded 9-10 that have a sort of square imprinted on the cards. Obviously this must have happened through the grading process and after speaking to the 3rd party to submit these they reckon it happens more th…
Hello everyone!
I bought a psa 10 Yu Nagaba Pikachu the other week, and it just came in the mail this afternoon! I’ve been super excited for this to show up, so you can imagine my disappointment when I immediately see this strange blemish on the surface.
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Does anyone know what this is, and why it didnt take away from the 10? I’m incredibly disappointed and I’m not sure if I should contact the seller to return it. The card is going up in price too, and I r…
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Ah thank you!
That was one thought I had but its very deceiving whether its the card or the plastic case. Good to know that its not the card.
Dyl
January 30, 2024, 8:47pm
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This has been a popular topic recently!
Hi
I’m new here.
Lately I have been feeling very bothered with scratches and lint encased in my PSA slab collection.
Eye appeal of my card and slab collection is very important to me. I collect PSA 10s because of their almost flawless visual appeal. I get very bothered when I discover an inner scratch/lint in the slab (direct from psa). Sometimes, the PSA slabs have these weird transparent squares too which is so distracting. I feel that all I can focus are on these flaws, distracting me from…
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hero
January 31, 2024, 4:13pm
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I’ve seen these on so many of my PSA cases and have wondered the same thing.
Cool to actually know the answer now!
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