PSA grading policies?
seebelow
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I didn't want to hi-jack an ongoing thread about a certain card so will just ask the question here.....
If you resubmit a card with an "old flip or certification number-7" and say for whatever reason it wouldn't get that grade today-deserves a 4. What grade do you get?
Ex. The old grade is a "7". And either because of more stringent grading today or some natural cause (fading, a wrinkle developed, or it was irreversibly damaged somehow) it deserves a "4" today. Does PSA just reholder it with the new case and gives it a "7", or down-grades it with the new deserving number "4"? Is this a policy even if you don't ask them to? ....Some are asking what happens because there is a "4"ish card inside a NEW case with a "7". I'm confused. Thanks.
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If it is a reholder it is strictly reholdered. I do not think an old card misgraded would be downgraded ever because you are simply not taking that risk with a reholder. You are taking the risk of it being verified as authentic shall the holder be tampered with, however in the event PSA graded a fake card or you have a fake holder.
*In the event of a special circumstance, I think PSA would have to pay the submitter the card difference of smr which for some vintage could be way below real current value.
Generally speaking, a card is not downgraded is it is reholdered. As stash said, in cases of an egregious overgrade, PSA will reholder at the lower grade and negotiate compensation for the submitter.
Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.