Grading Cards
Card Grading Summary
All serious collectors know about card grading. It’s a vital part of this industry and can affect the prices of cards immensely. Trading cards are graded based on a number of factors including the quality of the colors, consistency of the corners and centering of the images. Imperfections, whether major or minor, are also taken into account.
It is much easier to figure the exact value of a card after it has been graded. In addition, selling graded cards is always much easier as buyers gain confidence in their purchase.
Card Grading Scale
- Gem Mint – A card with no imperfections at all. A perfect card.
- Mint – A superb card with only one minor, nearly undiscoverable flaw.
- Near Mint – Very similar to Mint, however the one minor flaw is more conspicuous.
- Excellent-Mint – A trading card with only a couple of minor imperfections.
- Excellent – A card with a few minor imperfections and showing the early stages of wear.
- Very Good – A card that shows wear but is otherwise very appealing.
- Good – In this condition, a card shows substantial wear but is still intact.
- Fair to Poor – A mishandled card with advanced stages of wear.
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