List of PSA-Graded Cards That Changed Labels

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Hello everyone,

This is a guide on what cards used to be accepted by PSA under one label but have since switched to another label. If you’re interested in cards that are no longer accepted by PSA at all, you can read about those here.

This guide is pretty short because PSA generally does a good amount of research before accepting cards, but sometimes errors slip through and PSA ends up needing to change the label. Let me know if there are any cards I missed!

Happy collecting
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(OLD LABEL) Mewtwo Special Sheet #150 - 1997 Pokemon Japanese Promo
Population: Unknown - seems to be removed from the website.
Note: This card can’t be differentiated from the CD Promo so it is no longer recognized. You can read more about this here.

(NEW LABEL) Mewtwo-Glossy CD Promo #150 - 1998-99 Pokemon Japanese CD Promo

(OLD LABEL) Mew Special Sheet #151 - 1997 Pokemon Japanese Promo
Population: Unknown - seems to be removed from the website.
Note: This card can’t be differentiated from the CD Promo so it is no longer recognized. You can read more about this here

(NEW LABEL) Mew-Glossy CD Promo #151 - 1998-99 Pokemon Japanese CD Promo

(OLD LABEL) Alakazam-Holo Masaki Promo #65 - 1998 P.M. JAPANESE

(OLD LABEL) Alakazam-Holo Masaki Promo #65 - 1998 P.M. JAPANESE VENDING

(NEW LABEL) Alakazam-Holo Masaki Promo #65 - 1999 P.M. JPN. VENDING

(OLD LABEL) Machamp-Holo Masaki Promo #68 - 1998 P.M. JAPANESE VENDING

(OLD LABEL) Machamp-Holo Masaki Promo #68 - 1998 P.M. JAPANESE PROMO

(NEW LABEL) Machamp-Holo Masaki Promo #68 - 1999 P.M. JPN. VENDING

(OLD LABEL) Golem-Holo Masaki Promo #76 - 1998 P.M. JAPANESE VENDING

(OLD LABEL) Golem-Holo Masaki Promo #76 - 1998 P.M. JAPANESE PROMO

(NEW LABEL) Golem-Holo Masaki Promo #76 - 1999 P.M. JPN. VENDING

(OLD LABEL) Gengar-Holo Masaki Promo #94 - 1998 P.M. JAPANESE VENDING

(OLD LABEL) Gengar-Holo Masaki Promo #94 - 1998 P.M. JAPANESE PROMO

(NEW LABEL) Gengar-Holo Masaki Promo #94 - 1999 P.M. JPN. VENDING

(OLD LABEL) Omastar-Holo Masaki Promo #139 - 1998 P.M. JAPANESE VENDING

(OLD LABEL) Omastar-Holo Masaki Promo #139 - 1998 P.M. JAPANESE PROMO

(NEW LABEL) Omastar-Holo Masaki Promo #139 - 1999 P.M. JPN. VENDING

(OLD LABEL) Pikachu 1st Edition-Black Star #1 - 1999 Pokemon Jungle Promo
Population: 42

(NEW LABEL) Pikachu 1st Edition #1 - 1999 Pokemon League Promo

(OLD LABEL) Marill Neo Genisis #29 - 2001 Pokemon Game Promo
Population: 16
Note: “Neo Genisis” should be spelled “Neo Genesis”, but this card isn’t even from Neo Genesis. The year is incorrect as well. Notice how there were two versions of this old label, both of which are incorrect. As of 12/02/2020 PSA has removed this card from the population report when I reported that it had an incorrect label.

(NEW LABEL) Marill Pokemon League #29 - 2000 Pokemon Promo Black Star

(OLD LABEL) Picku - Holofoil Pokemon 3 Movie Promo #172 - 2001 Pokemon Game Movie
Population: 1
Note: “Pichu” was misspelled “Picku” and it was also assigned to the wrong set.

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(NEW LABEL) Pichu-Holo #172 - 1999 Pokemon Japanese Neo

(OLD LABEL) Charizard-Holofoil Pokemon 3 Movie Promo #6 - 2001 Pokemon Game Movie
Population: 1
Note: Charizard was assigned to the wrong promo set which occurred two years prior.

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(NEW LABEL) Charizard-Holo CD Promo #6 - 1998-99 Pokemon Japanese CD Promo

(OLD LABEL) Rapidash No Pokemon Center NY #51 - 2002 Pokemon League Promo Black Star
Population: 2

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(NEW LABEL) Rapidash Black Star-No Pokemon Center NY #51 - 2002 Pokemon Game Promo

(OLD LABEL) Rapidash #51 - 2002 Pokemon League Promo Black Star
Population: 24

(NEW LABEL) Rapidash Black Star #51 - 2002 Pokemon Game Promo

(OLD LABEL) Mewtwo Black Star Promo #14 - 1999 Pokemon Game Movie
Population: 39

(NEW LABEL) Mewtwo #14 - 2000 Pokemon Promo Black Star

(OLD LABEL) Dark Persian-Holo #17 - 2000 Pokemon Promo Black Star
Population: 4
Note: The label changed to specifically mention that it came from Nintendo Magazine.

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(NEW LABEL) Dark Persian-Holo Nintendo Magazine-60 HP #17 - 2000 Pokemon Game Promo

(OLD LABEL) Meowth Game Boy #10 - 2000 Pokemon Promo Black Star
Population: 2
Note: This card was included in the English set but is actually from a Japanese promo.

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(NEW LABEL) Meowth Pokemon Stamp Rally #10 - 2000 Pokemon Japanese Promo

(OLD LABEL) Mudkip-Holo European Pop Tournament #005 - 2004 Pokemon Black Star Promo
Population: 21
Note: The label says 2004 when the card says 2003

(NEW LABEL) Mudkip-Holo Pop #005 - 2003 Pokemon Black Star Promo

(OLD LABEL) Torchic-Holo European Pop Tournament #006 - 2004 Pokemon Black Star Promo
Population: 24
Note: The label says 2004 when the card says 2003

(NEW LABEL) Torchic-Holo Pop #006 - 2003 Pokemon Black Star Promo

(OLD LABEL) Treecko-Holo European Pop Tournament #007 - 2004 Pokemon Black Star Promo
Population: 51
Note: The label says 2004 when the card says 2003

(NEW LABEL) Treecko-Holo Pop #007 - 2003 Pokemon Black Star Promo

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Only thing to add is that I’m aware of several Japanese Marill cards that have the Pokémon name as ‘Pikablu’ (Southern Island & Corocoro promo if I recall correctly).

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There are a many cards like this with the original Japanese names
www.ebay.com/itm/1999-Corocoro-Comics-Slowking-PSA-9-Japanese-Promo-Double-White-Star/174376427699
www.ebay.com/itm/Pokemon-Quilava-Magamarashi-No-156-Double-White-Star-Japanese-Neo-Genesis-PSA-9/284019356740www.ebay.com/itm/1999-P-M-Japanese-Neo-Aligates-Double-White-Star-PSA-NM-MT-8/254760279860…
[all these neo files have older labels]
www.ebay.com/itm/Pokemon-YAMIKARASU-MURKROW-JAPANESE-NEO-2000-HOLOFOIL-PSA-10/362622558673
www.ebay.com/itm/1999-Pokemon-Japanese-Neo-Holo-Skarmory-227-PSA-10-GEM-MINT/114358700121
www.ebay.com/itm/2000-Pokemon-Japanese-Neo-Yadoking-Holo-199-PSA-Mint-9/333752244019
www.ebay.com/itm/2000-Pokemon-Mariruri-Japanese-Neo-Holo-184-PSA-Mint-9/333752243463
www.ebay.com/itm/2000-Pokemon-Togechikku-Holo-Japanese-Neo-176-PSA-Mint-9/333752243008

etc etc etc

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I honestly had no idea, thanks for sharing. Every day’s a school day.

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I recently saw on eBay a base Machamp card that was labelled as Shadowless and not as first edition. First time I had seen one like that but might be more common than I think. I’m just not sure how they can tell the difference between shadowless and first edition print runs?

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www.elitefourum.com/t/mew-mewtwo-whf-special-sheet-psa-mislabeled-cd-promo/26395/1

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Do you happen to have a picture of it or a link to the eBay listing? All Base Set Machamps were printed with the 1st Edition stamp on them so there are only two variants of that card. Normally 1st Edition implies Shadowless but since Machamp only ever had the first edition stamp they had to distinguish between the two. Though PSA recognizes these variants, they don’t seem to enforce them. I’ve seen “1st Edition Shadowless” cards slip under the radar and be graded as “1st Edition” quite frequently.

Notice the difference between these two cards:


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Masaki promos have 1999 as the new date compared to the 1998 date that was used earlier on.

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God damn graded japanese neo cards are still so cheap

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I just added these, thanks!

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Neat, never knew about that! Added :blush:

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I am aware of those two but this one definitely was just labelled Shadowless. I can’t find the link anymore but I will have a proper look later and see if I can find something.

Of course there is always the possibility that it was a fake. I wasnt searching for that card at the time so didn’t look too closely for authenticity. It would just surprise me if it was faked given the HUGE amount of these cards out there. Not sure it would be worth it.

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It’s fun to compile these, thank you. There are SO many. PSA were/are a disaster in Pokemon, so there are hundreds of examples, I think.

Practically my whole collection might have new labels since the time they were graded. At one point I made it a personal goal to fix all these shoddy labeling practices, and sent so many letters to PSA with my orders.

I will contribute some over the coming days to weeks.

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These euro pop tournament promos changed labels. It looks like based on the cert number the mudkip has the old title and the torchic has the new title. Whats crazy is, I sent the mudkip to PSA through ludkins to have the new label applied to it, and they wouldn’t do it.

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The Genisis cert option is still on the system. RIP

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I’ve been requesting that they remove the incorrect labels so hopefully they will be fixed soon :blush:

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PSA just got back to me and officially removed that option ^^ It’s not even on the pop report anymore :blush:

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This is a unique case because you can submit both variants to PSA. They’re recognizing one card under two separate labels. I just recently got some other cards like this fixed so I’ll research it and figure out the correct variant so that they can fix it on the database side :blush:

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@mikejofthecoast I did some more research and determined that the “2003 POKEMON” label is actually the correct one. If you zoom in close on the card and look at the copyright date you can see that it’s actually 2003 and not 2004. I added them to the guide and will be reaching out to PSA to make them aware of this ^^

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In terms of the black star promo meowth, there is a non-holo version (released in Japan but it’s English language), so what you have listed may not actually represent a change of label for the black star version. It might be the labelling for the JR rally non-holo print that changed (because it was incorrect prior)

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