Pinhole

Autos4Alex

I have a card with a few holes in it from a thumbtack. How does a pinhole affect grading? Automatic 1? Knock the grade down a few points?

LarkinCollector

PSA1

miwlvrn

If you can tolerate the look of the card with a pinhole, they can often be a very economical way of purchasing a card that is otherwise mint if not for the hole. Yes, the hole will get you a 1 or an Authentic if the rest of the card knocks it down to A instead of 1, but when it comes to eye appeal, there is a tremendous amount of variance within the cards graded as 1.

Nathaniel1960

I don't want to know how many raw vintage cards in my collection have pinholes I missed. Some are VERY small and hard to see, or differentiate from typical pitting and other depressions.

miwlvrn

When in doubt, just hold it up with a bright light or sunny window behind and it is usually easy to see the light come through.