I want to pregrade my cards before sending to psa

Which is the best magnifying tool you can buy to grade your cards? Any suggestions? Thank you

You can buy a jewelers loupe, and a blacklight may be able to help with the surface blemishes more. Id personally just like using just my eyes when trying to grade because it really depends on who grades your card at the end of the day, and after a while you kind of get used to looking for specifics. Its not as convoluted as people make it out to be.

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Thank you. I’ll check what you suggested. Unfortunately my eyes are not as good as yours so definitely need something.
Much grateful

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Dark room + strong light source works great for surface defects. For centering, I just eyeball it.

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Thank you

In my opinion, adequate lighting will be more helpful than magnification.

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I attached one of these to my desk, rarely use the Magnifier but the light itself is very helpful