# PSA, scratches and grade. **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [April 1, 2019, 4:14pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/psa-scratches-and-grade/23027 "2019-04-01T16:14:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![steveg](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/steveg/32/1213_2.png) [@steveg](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/steveg)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 4:14pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/psa-scratches-and-grade/23027/1 "2019-04-01T16:14:55Z")
Hey guys, I have received another card, and here I am with another question ahah. The question is simple, there are these scratches on the card, I know you are not PSA (actually some of you are better than it), but can a card achieve this grade (9) with these flaws? ![](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190401/70d1de04bbac4c56388f5d2b942bfaca.jpg) ![](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190401/a69938167d0bb9a8d901341713f09f91.jpg) ![](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190401/2cea2ec5979d3807d276f52fe87db704.jpg) ![](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190401/f435581c44c1592e624a22e24070db75.jpg) ![](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190401/6542722ebd77dbc17af315216fdc9637.jpg) (I promise that this won’t be the norm, I won’t post a question every time I receive a new card, I am just new to this as you know, and I want to learn these kind of things in order to be able to judge the cards by myself). Thanks in advance. 😊 ---
**Author:** ![RattlePokemon](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/rattlepokemon/32/88913_2.png) [@RattlePokemon](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/RattlePokemon)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 4:17pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/psa-scratches-and-grade/23027/2 "2019-04-01T16:17:23Z")
Judging by the label it is definitely possible. What does the back look like? ---
**Author:** ![steveg](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/steveg/32/1213_2.png) [@steveg](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/steveg)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 4:20pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/psa-scratches-and-grade/23027/3 "2019-04-01T16:20:26Z")
> [@RattlePokemon](#): > > Judging by the label it is definitely possible. What does the back look like? Added the back 😊 ---
**Author:** ![pfm](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/pfm/32/254328_2.png) [@pfm](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/pfm)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 4:27pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/psa-scratches-and-grade/23027/4 "2019-04-01T16:27:10Z")
Even 10s can have scratches. That one is particularly long so I think a 9 is the appropriate grade ---
**Author:** ![swolepoke](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/swolepoke/32/26930_2.png) [@swolepoke](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/swolepoke)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 4:30pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/psa-scratches-and-grade/23027/5 "2019-04-01T16:30:22Z")
You have to remeber too, that with a PSA 10/9/8, there are exceptions to the grades if the flaws don’t ruin the overall appeal and aesthetics of the card. ---
**Author:** ![steveg](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/steveg/32/1213_2.png) [@steveg](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/steveg)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 4:37pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/psa-scratches-and-grade/23027/6 "2019-04-01T16:37:49Z")
> [@RattlePokemon](#): > > Judging by the label it is definitely possible. What does the back look like? I am sorry for asking, what do you mean with “judging by the label”? ---
**Author:** ![steveg](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/steveg/32/1213_2.png) [@steveg](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/steveg)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 4:46pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/psa-scratches-and-grade/23027/7 "2019-04-01T16:46:54Z")
While I am at it, I add one question about this…(yeah I know, I have broken my promise in something like 15 minutes 😁) ![](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190401/b5b8bfc21e62025360b897c571365d51.jpg) Is this a sort of holo bleeding? You can see this just under a certain light. (The card is a psa9 blastoise holo legendary collection) ---
**Author:** ![RattlePokemon](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/rattlepokemon/32/88913_2.png) [@RattlePokemon](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/RattlePokemon)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 4:49pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/psa-scratches-and-grade/23027/8 "2019-04-01T16:49:05Z")
> [@steveg](#): > > > [@RattlePokemon](#): > > > > Judging by the label it is definitely possible. What does the back look like? > > I am sorry for asking, what do you mean with “judging by the label”? Poking fun at the fact that you asked if it could be a PSA 9 when it is a PSA 9. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![steveg](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/steveg/32/1213_2.png) [@steveg](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/steveg)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 4:50pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/psa-scratches-and-grade/23027/9 "2019-04-01T16:50:38Z")
> [@RattlePokemon](#): > > > [@steveg](#): > > > > I am sorry for asking, what do you mean with “judging by the label”? > > Poking fun at the fact that you asked if it could be a PSA 9 when it is a PSA 9. 😛 Oh ok, I didn’t get it sorry ahahahah I was trying to understand if I had missed something 😁 ---
**Author:** ![steveg](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/steveg/32/1213_2.png) [@steveg](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/steveg)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 5:28pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/psa-scratches-and-grade/23027/10 "2019-04-01T17:28:22Z")
Thanks to everyone that answered, guys 😊 ---
**Author:** ![kantosfinest](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/kantosfinest/32/1230_2.png) [@kantosfinest](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/kantosfinest)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 5:33pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/psa-scratches-and-grade/23027/11 "2019-04-01T17:33:52Z")
@steveg, I have a Psa 9 card with the exact same looking spots on the front and back of the card that can only be seen under a bright LED light. I’m curious about this also. ---
**Author:** ![melchior](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/melchior/32/1091_2.png) [@melchior](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/melchior)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 5:57pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/psa-scratches-and-grade/23027/12 "2019-04-01T17:57:56Z")
> [@steveg](#): > > While I am at it, I add one question about this…(yeah I know, I have broken my promise in something like 15 minutes 😁) > ![](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190401/b5b8bfc21e62025360b897c571365d51.jpg) > Is this a sort of holo bleeding? You can see this just under a certain light. > (The card is a psa9 blastoise holo legendary collection) That’s a common production error in the plastic slabs. It’s not on your card at all. You can find it in a lot of slabs with the (in)correct lighting. ---
**Author:** ![steveg](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/steveg/32/1213_2.png) [@steveg](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/steveg)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 6:15pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/psa-scratches-and-grade/23027/13 "2019-04-01T18:15:51Z")
> [@melchior](#): > > > [@steveg](#): > > > > While I am at it, I add one question about this…(yeah I know, I have broken my promise in something like 15 minutes 😁) > > ![](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190401/b5b8bfc21e62025360b897c571365d51.jpg) > > Is this a sort of holo bleeding? You can see this just under a certain light. > > (The card is a psa9 blastoise holo legendary collection) > > That’s a common production error in the plastic slabs. It’s not on your card at all. You can find it in a lot of slabs with the (in)correct lighting. Really? I was 100% sure it was on the card, I will check again now ---
**Author:** ![melchior](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/melchior/32/1091_2.png) [@melchior](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/melchior)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 6:22pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/psa-scratches-and-grade/23027/14 "2019-04-01T18:22:38Z")
> [@steveg](#): > > > [@melchior](#): > > > > That’s a common production error in the plastic slabs. It’s not on your card at all. You can find it in a lot of slabs with the (in)correct lighting. > > Really? I was 100% sure it was on the card, I will check again now Yeah, it’s inside of the plastic. Call it a production error, an aberration, an abnormality or whatever you want, but it’s in a lot of the PSA slabs out there if you look close enough. Because it doesn’t really show at first glance or negatively affect to card’s eye appeal it’s a non-issue. ---
**Author:** ![steveg](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/steveg/32/1213_2.png) [@steveg](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/steveg)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 6:29pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/psa-scratches-and-grade/23027/15 "2019-04-01T18:29:42Z")
> [@melchior](#): > > > [@steveg](#): > > > > Really? I was 100% sure it was on the card, I will check again now > > Yeah, it’s inside of the plastic. Call it a production error, an aberration, an abnormality or whatever you want, but it’s in a lot of the PSA slabs out there if you look close enough. Because it doesn’t really show at first glance or negatively affect to card’s eye appeal it’s a non-issue. I checked again … you are right! (You know that there is some room for the card that let it move inside the slab, I have “moved” it and those “squares” don’t move with the card) Thanks for clarifying! 😊 ---
**Author:** ![melchior](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/melchior/32/1091_2.png) [@melchior](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/melchior)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 6:39pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/psa-scratches-and-grade/23027/16 "2019-04-01T18:39:44Z")
> [@steveg](#): > > > [@melchior](#): > > > > Yeah, it’s inside of the plastic. Call it a production error, an aberration, an abnormality or whatever you want, but it’s in a lot of the PSA slabs out there if you look close enough. Because it doesn’t really show at first glance or negatively affect to card’s eye appeal it’s a non-issue. > > I checked again … you are right! > (You know that there is some room for the card that let it move inside the slab, I have “moved” it and those “squares” don’t move with the card) > > Thanks for clarifying! 😊 That’s what we’re here for, spreading the knowledge amongst fellow collectors. ---
**Author:** ![steveg](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/steveg/32/1213_2.png) [@steveg](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/steveg)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 6:43pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/psa-scratches-and-grade/23027/17 "2019-04-01T18:43:32Z")
> [@melchior](#): > > > [@steveg](#): > > > > I checked again … you are right! > > (You know that there is some room for the card that let it move inside the slab, I have “moved” it and those “squares” don’t move with the card) > > > > Thanks for clarifying! 😊 > > That’s what we’re here for, spreading the knowledge amongst fellow collectors. I can “like” your post just one time 😁 Thanks again guys! 😊 ---
**Author:** ![KingPokemon](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/kingpokemon/32/283_2.png) [@KingPokemon](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/KingPokemon)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 7:59am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/psa-scratches-and-grade/23027/18 "2019-04-02T07:59:39Z")
> [@steveg](#): > > While I am at it, I add one question about this…(yeah I know, I have broken my promise in something like 15 minutes 😁) > ![](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190401/b5b8bfc21e62025360b897c571365d51.jpg) > Is this a sort of holo bleeding? You can see this just under a certain light. > (The card is a psa9 blastoise holo legendary collection) There’s nothing card related that could cause those pixels or whatever they are. ---
**Author:** ![megazone](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/megazone/32/1042_2.png) [@megazone](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/megazone)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 9:44am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/psa-scratches-and-grade/23027/19 "2019-04-02T09:44:16Z")
> [@KingPokemon](#): > > There’s nothing card related that could cause those pixels or whatever they are. On top of that; Don’t try to send it back to PSA, hoping you can re-case it into a ‘clean’ case. The situation will end up like the one in this thread: [www.elitefourum.com/t/psa-reholder-recase-new-case-is-worse-zard-1st-ed-psa-7/22670/1](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/psa-reholder-recase-new-case-is-worse-zard-1st-ed-psa-7/22670/1) ---
**Author:** ![steveg](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/steveg/32/1213_2.png) [@steveg](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/steveg)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 11:36am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/psa-scratches-and-grade/23027/20 "2019-04-02T11:36:42Z")
> [@megazone](#): > > > [@KingPokemon](#): > > > > There’s nothing card related that could cause those pixels or whatever they are. > > On top of that; Don’t try to send it back to PSA, hoping you can re-case it into a ‘clean’ case. The situation will end up like the one in this thread: [www.elitefourum.com/t/psa-reholder-recase-new-case-is-worse-zard-1st-ed-psa-7/22670/1](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/psa-reholder-recase-new-case-is-worse-zard-1st-ed-psa-7/22670/1) I can’t see the pics, but I have read the Op, that sucks, anyway the “pixels” don’t annoy me, you can see them just under a certain light, so no problem. 😊 [Next page](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/psa-scratches-and-grade/23027.md?page=2)