A perfect card to the eye with no defects upon magnification. Artwork positioning on both the front and reverse of the Pokemon/Sports card must not exceed 60/40. Alternate cards such as LOTR, CBK, DC, MARVEL etc providing all other areas meet a GM-MT standard, may still be awarded a 10 if front or back centering exceeds this.
At a quick glance, these cards appear to be without defect. Upon inspection, a PG 9.5 may exhibit one minor flaw such as whitening to an edge or corner. Artwork positioning must also not approximately exceed 60/40 on the front and 70/30 on the reverse.
At a quick glance, these cards appear to be without defect. Upon inspection, a PG 9 may exhibit one minor flaw such as whitening to an edge or corner or micro spec printing imperfections. Artwork positioning must also not approximately exceed 65/35 on the front and 90/10 on the reverse.
At a quick glance, these cards appear to be in great condition. Upon inspection, a PG 8 may exhibit the following; Minimal whitening to more than one edge (side) or corner or/and a micro spec printing imperfection. If the card only has neither one printing imperfection or whitening marks, a minor scratch or minor print line is allowed. Artwork centering must not approximately exceed 65/35 on the front and 70/30 on the reverse.
At a quick glance, these cards appear to be in great condition. Upon inspection, a PG 8 may exhibit the following; Minimal whitening to more than one edge (side) or corner or/and a micro spec printing imperfection. If the card only has neither one printing imperfection or whitening marks, a minor scratch or print line is allowed. Artwork centering must not approximately exceed 65/35 on the front and 90/10 on the reverse. All corners must be consistently rounded.
These cards may exhibit slight surface / minor edge wear on one side . Minor whitening on up to 4 edges (sides) or corners or micro spec printing imperfections is acceptable. Centering may not approximately exceed 75/25 on the front and 90/10 on the reverse. If the card has none of the above issues a small scratch or print line / imperfection is acceptable. One corner may have slight wear affecting the shape of its curve.
May exhibit a fair bit of surface wear on both sides / minor edge wear on two sides. Minor whitening on all 4 edges and corners is acceptable. Centering must not approximately exceed 80/20 on the front and and 90/10 on the reverse. A few micro specs are acceptable. Two corners may have slight wear affecting the shape of its curve.
These graded cards may exhibit a major flaw such as a major scratch or a small crease or singular / multiple printing lines. Major damage to a corner or edge. Whitening is acceptable to the reverse as well as minor printing specs on the front and a small amount of surface wear. Centering must not approximately exceed 85/15 on the front and 90/10 on the reverse. Three corners may have slight wear affecting the shape of its curve.
These graded cards may exhibit two major flaws such as 2 major scratches or 2 small creases or 2 printing lines or Major edge or corner wear a combination of one of each. Slight surface wear is accepted and whitening up to 4 edges / sides. Centering must not approximately exceed 85/15 on the front and 90/10 on the reverse. The shape of all four corners may be affected.
These graded cards may exhibit multiple major flaws such as major scratches and small creases; plus substantial whitening on up to 4 edges (sides) and corners. Major surface wear is accepted. Centering must not exceed 90/10 on both the front and the reverse.
These cards may have an unlimited combination of minor & major flaws providing the card is still completely intact.
This card has been confirmed to be real. It may be missing small pieces but the for the majority is 90% intact