honestly just the centering standard are the only change i noticed but regardless psa will never always be right
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As much as I hate to do this, what grade would these get?
The thing in the middle of the japanese back was dust and the thing on the top right is just the camera
Nobunaga Rayquaza is very nice! really nice looking card.
Should get easy CGC 8.5.
Cheers!
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Looks like you have a good shot at a 10 to me!
This scuffing could maybe push it to a PSA 9 unless it was just an image artifact.
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It might.
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Speaking on GX/Tag team grading. Does anyone know how exactly they judge centering for them at PSA? is it the whole outside border black line and all or just the silver past the black line?
The Silver/Black/Silver is the border…whether PSA knows this or not is questionable. lol
From what I’ve been going off of that its only the outside silver they look at so was wondering others thoughts. Ty for the response
Why is PSA 6 label EX-MT ? Shouldn’t it be EX-NM ?
they know damn well half are ex and half are mint
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Can confirm 50% of the PSA 6 cards I cracked out were mint
More data!
Got a return of (almost all) vintage submissions. As stated before, I took a more critical eye to pre-grading the cards to try and adjust to how my results were from mid-2024 to early 2025. Small sample size disclaimer, but at least for this submission, I was much more succesful at pre-grading my submission:
| Date of Submission | % Correct Pre-Grade | % Over pre-graded | % Under Pre-graded |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2023 | 37% | 19% | 44% |
| Late 2023 (1) | 19% | 19% | 62% |
| Late 2023 (2) | 38% | 23% | 38% |
| March 2024 | 45% | 25% | 30% |
| May 2024 | 53% | 29% | 18% |
| June 2024 | 41% | 26% | 33% |
| August 2024 | 45% | 24% | 30% |
| September 2024 | 39% | 45% | 15% |
| October 2024 | 48% | 19% | 32% |
| November 2024 | 41% | 44% | 15% |
| January 2025 | 45% | 50% | 5% |
| May 2025 (Majority Modern, Not counting) | XXX | XXX | XXX |
| June 2025 | 40% | 20% | 40% |
As shown, the June 2025 submission was much more in line with 2023 through August 2024.
I’ll obviously continue to be more critical while pre-grading.
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i think its cus even the smallest dent bumps the grade down to a 6, which is why you’ll see a lot of really great looking 6’s that make for fantastic binder copies if you crack them
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Can I please ask someone for a sanity check? Looks fake to me plus TCGplayer cover photo of the card has a 1:1 matching pattern. Seller says it was a a lucky find on a flea market (lol).
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Hey everyone new here. Just wondering if anyone has dealt with the psa case embossed stamp being very faint to the eye and is visible with correct lighting. Bathroom light led light etc. i CAN feel the etching but in certain lighting it looks to be not there. Its in the 53 million cert also. Fairly newer cases.
imgur.com/a/D3tafKr
One of the worst fakes Ive seen in a while. Usually they try harder
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One of the worst fakes Ive seen in a while. Usually they try harder
thanks @pokecollectoramy! Appreciated.
On another note, could someone shed some opinion on the chances of this cross-grading to a PSA 10 by submitting it in the BGS slab (and a min-grade 10 requirement)? I view the centering sub-grade as least significant from the 4.
The price difference is welcoming enough, but I assume multiple people may have tried before.
