I didn’t intent to make a whole thread for this small question, but both of the other threads where I asked this got locked before I got an answer.
There appear to be very few 3xxxxxxxx certs around, why is that? Or did I just overlook them all the time? Actually I think I’ve seen my first one just today: link. The seller has a bunch of other 3xxx cert cards listed, but he definitely seems to be the exception.
Hopefully we can make this thread a quick one and please no conspiracies here
Nobody will have the answer. It’s something to do with PSA’s system, as far as what the answer is, I don’t think anyone here has enough knowledge of the inner working of PSA to give a definitive answer.
This one is a 1st Ed Base, so I don’t think there’s any connection between e-series and 3xxx certs (thank god, that would’ve sparked another conspiracy theory).
It’s more likely that they’re using the 3x certs for specific service levels. Checking random numbers in their verification resulted in a bunch of different sports cards between the numbers 30000000 and 31909999 www.psacard.com/cert/31909999/
Some time ago I posted following pictures in another thread. I bought both cards from @jcincy101 in 2018 and while making a deal he mentioned they were submitted for grading in February, maybe this info helps figuring out the mystery.
Yes I had 187 bulk sub cards graded all 302xxxx certs date received by PSA 3/23/18 and date shipped 4/27/18. I had another order received on 4/25 that had 4xxx cert. The sub I had in feb 2018 had 2xx. So at least from my data only around March of 2018 is when they did 3xxx certs.
