PSA is running out of cert numbers!

https://www.psacard.com/cert/84469695

PSA cert : https://www.psacard.com/cert/84469695/psa

DNA cert : https://www.psacard.com/cert/84469695/dna

If you don’t know what PSA/DNA is, here is the chatGPT explanation:

PSA/DNA is a division of Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA) that specializes in the authentication of autographs and memorabilia. They use a combination of forensic science and expert analysis to verify the authenticity of signed collectibles, helping collectors and dealers ensure the legitimacy of their items.

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For those that don’t know, DNA started at a much higher number than PSA grades as they probably never thought that they’d grade 80 million cards. Now that some of the new PSA certs overlap with the original DNA certs, they have to pivot and add both to the lookup function.

They won’t run out of cert numbers, they’ll just add a new digit. Soon enough the kids will be saying “Anything under 100 million cert is weakly graded!”

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Remember, this is psa we are talking about. Theyll probably add a new shorthand for it and mix letters into it 100Mxxxxx. Anything except for clean label consistency.

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I never understood the need for newer certs. Like it’s whatever

I was trying to be cheeky but instead got ratio’d :frowning:

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They can just start over with a letter A000000001 A000000002 etc

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Now they just need to do what CGC did and bump their cert numbers up to 13 digits (a quadrillion) because they were afraid of running out :stuck_out_tongue:

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They should simplify it and start using emojis. :sweat_smile: :upside_down_face: :money_mouth_face: :skull: :bomb: :poop: :star_struck: :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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they literally just had to add a 1 to the front to avoid conflicts…

they might have to hire more people so they have more hands to count on

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If you had just stop grading cards this wouldn’t have been an issue. You are part of the problem.

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