Have you ever wondered why a PSA 6 is considered EX-MT?
If PSA 7 is NM (Near Mint), then they are essentially saying a 6 is in a range from EX (5) to MT (9) [with 9 being Mint]?
It’s not a big deal; I’m not trying to be a herb, but I was looking at my extensive collection of PSA 6 Steam Siege commons and Shining Tyranitars, and I started thinking it should be EX-NM instead of EX-MT…
Would be interested to hear the forum’s thoughts on this!
I always read it in my head as “EX-NM”. Between EX (PSA 5) and NM (PSA 7).
I was actually just thinking this earlier today. Weird.
It’s really just semantics, because I think we all know that a 6 is far from mint, but I do agree that a label change would be ideal.
Creepy!
Is it semantics, or straight up grammar? Mint is not THAT subjective, is it?
Semantics as in we pretty much all know what a PSA 6 entails anyway (which is certainly NOT a mint card). I do find it weird that PSA has not corrected this, though.
You have to remember that PSA 6 is the grade PSA will automatically award cards with even the tiniest of damage. In some cases PSA 6 cards are closer to PSA 9 or 10 than they are to PSA 5 or 7.
yeah I like to grab psa6 1st ed cards over psa 9 unlimiteds
True. I have a PSA 5 Prerelease Clefable where this couldn’t be more true, actually (even though 5 is just labeled ‘EX’)…
I’ve wondered the same thing for a while. It makes no sense to me. Perhaps it should be changed to EX-NM as mentioned.
Huh, I always thought it was EX-NM not EX-MT. Probably my brain autocorrecting it anyways but yeah I agree that makes more sense since the 8 is NM-MT (between NM and MT).
Lol, imagine if PSA 2 would be labelled as PR-MT
Haha, presactly.
They should rethink their whole “lingo” for their grades to coincide with the rest of the conditioning of cards world lingo in my opinion.
Mind boggling that they call their 7 - NM…
10: Gem Mint
9: Near Mint
8: Lightly Played
7: EXC
6: Moderately Played
5: Fair
4: Poor
3: Heavy Played
2: Damaged
1: Intact
Auth: Authentic
That makes the lower grades sound less appealing. Which might be a turn off to collectors. Perhaps the names they choose were to make the collectors feel better about lower grades. Nothing against lower grades.
The lower grades aren’t the focus. It’s the overstating of higher grades that irks me. But also - how are you gonna call a beat to heck card “good” haha. ummm… no that’s not good… thats BAD… LOL
It’s better if you think of it as a scale of Minted cards and non-minted. Where the term mint comes from.
9 is a minted card, 10 is a minted card that’s better than a normal mint.
7 is near mint 8 is the between mint and near mint
6 is an excellent mint
5 and lower are no longer be considered your minted grades. AKA a PSA 5 will never be a pack fresh card, but a PSA 6 could be with a dent.