PSA grading (wouldn't grade actually) ?

MCMLVTopps

So, I send in my 6 free submissions from my SMR renewal. The grades pop, but one item was not graded. The little note said "N:9, NOT GRADED/EXAMPLE". It was a 1969 Topps decal Luis Tiant, that I thought might gem mint. The decal was inserted carefully and no tears or damage to the little plastic envelope it sits in.

Called Collector's...hard to believe, but they (she), didn't know what "N:9" meant, but that I was getting a voucher for one free submission.

The item in question is in a few Registry sets, and examples exist now on eBay in PSA slabs.

Any ideas about the "N:9", or why they wouldn't grade the decal???

Thanks,
Al - mcmlvtopps

mkg809

N-1 Evidence of Trimming - When a card’s edge has been altered, a card doctor may use scissors, scalpel, cutter, or any other cutting instrument. A trimmed card may show one of the following: Hook up or down, have one razor sharp edge, a difference in toning along the edge, a wavy look.
N-2 Evidence of Restoration - When a card’s paper stock is built up - for example, when ripped corners are built up to look like new corners.
N-3 Evidence of Recoloration - Where a card’s color has been artificially improved.
N-4 Questionable Authenticity - This is the term used when a card is counterfeit.
N-5 Altered Stock - This term is used when the paper stock is altered in one or more of the following ways: Stretching and trimming, recoloring and restoring, trimming and recoloring, restoring an trimming, crease or wrinkle is pressed out, or gloss is enhanced.
N-6 Minimum Size Requirement - When a card is significantly undersized according to factory specifications. You will be given a voucher good for another submission for the same type of service.
N-7 Evidence of Cleaning - When a whitener is used to whiten borders or a solution is used to remove wax, candy, gum or tobacco stains.
N-8 Miscut - This term is used when the factory cut is an abnormal cut. The grading fees are returned. You will be given a voucher good for another submission for the same type of service.
N-9 Don't Grade - When we do not grade an issue. The cards may be oversized or an obscure issue. The grading fees are refunded. You will be given a voucher good for another submission for the same type of service.
N-0 Authentic Only - This means that PSA is only certifying that the item is genuine, without a numerical grade. This may be due to the existence of an alteration, one with malice or otherwise, a major defect or the original submitter may have requested that PSA encapsulate the card without a grade. The "Authentic" label means that the item, in our opinion, is real but nothing more.

PoppaJ

Are you sure it's a 1969 Topps Decals TIANT?

They've graded 51 others according to the POP Report.

jimq112

I had the same deal with my first sub, I sent a 1972 topps cloth test roberto clemente. The card is in the clemente master set, there are examples of that card graded in collections, but PSA decided to quit grading it.

They have reasons for not grading some cards (see star basketball from the mid 1980s) and when they decide not to grade it they return your card and give you a voucher. It doesn't mean something is wrong with your card, just that it's on the do-not-grade list.

MCMLVTopps

Ok, but what on earth would be the reasoning to stop grading an item that is in at least one Registry set?

Yup, positive it's a 1969 Topps decal Luis Tiant. You can search eBay and find examples of this thing...about the size of a postage stamp. I somehow acquired this thing and cracked it from a Beckett 10 slab, thus the comment that I thought it would gem mint.

Weird stuff.

Thanks for the responses.
Al - mcmlvtopps

DavidPuddy

I sent in a 1978 Burger King Astros J.R. Richard #5. Here's what they said.
16 1 15233667 N9: NOT GRADED / EXAMPLE FACTORY MIS-PRINT
The card looks just like the regular topps example, but is card number 5.
Sometimes you just have to re-sub.

WinPitcher

Same thing happened with the nestle cards.

Steve