Introducing PSA Half Grades - More Precise Grading for Your Cards

January 16, 2008
After much thought and a ton of feedback from hobbyists throughout the industry, PSA has decided to implement a new half-point system to reward trading cards that exhibit high-end qualities within their respective grade. Starting February 1, 2008, all cards submitted to PSA will be graded utilizing this new scale.
As the market advances, we felt it was imperative to enhance our grading standards so the grade can more accurately reflect the quality of the card. The original 1-10 PSA scale was the sound choice to help the grading concept gain acceptance but, with the ever-increasing price gaps between grades and the popularity of the PSA Set Registry today, the time was right to modify the system.

This new grading scale will not apply to unopened packs or tickets, only trading cards.

In the following paragraphs, we will explain how this new system will apply and how we feel the new half grades will change the PSA graded card marketplace.


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