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What goes into our grading & sealing process
Standard 4 Point Grading System
- Edges
- Corners
- Surface
- Alignment
Standard Card Size: 2.5 x 3.5
Thickness: 35pt or 55pt
Each card is carefully handled and inspected by one of our top experts and not an AI system or computer.
Magnified under different shades of lighting also allows to find any defects withhin the texture of the card.
ex: scratches, dents, fraying, centering.
Each card is carefully inserted into a plastic slab and machine sealed using a sonic sound press. This allows to seal the card with pressure and sound, no glue and allowing no air bubbles along edges.
Grading System
What is GEM MINT
What is GEM MINT
GEM-MINT 10
A GEM MINT card is a virtually perfect card.
- Four perfectly sharp corners
- Must be free of staining of any kind, but an allowance may be made for a slight printing imperfection.
- The image must be centered on the card within a tolerance not to exceed approximately 55/45 to 60/40 percent on the front, and 75/25 percent on the reverse.
What is MINT
What is GEM MINT
MINT 9.5 - 9
Quality must be very close in nature to a GEM-MINT 10 but the following allowances may be made. Very light touches at one of the corners may be acceptable so long as the corner integrity remains intact. A slight surface dimple may be allowed if extremely limited.
Slab & Grade Options
Slab & Grade Options
Cards Under 8
To save time and money on both ends, if a card doesn't grade over 8, we typically wont grade them. Certain cards that grade under 8 aren't worth grading, you'll spend more money than it's worth.
We do have an option to still have your card slabbed if you'd like it preserved. If a card is under 8, we would contact you to see
Cards Under 8
To save time and money on both ends, if a card doesn't grade over 8, we typically wont grade them. Certain cards that grade under 8 aren't worth grading, you'll spend more money than it's worth.
We do have an option to still have your card slabbed if you'd like it preserved. If a card is under 8, we would contact you to see if you still want to have your card graded and slabbed. If not, we will ship the card back you in a sleeve and top loader for protection at no charge for the inspection.