I acquired some LC reverse Holos and a significant amount have print lines. How do print lines affect grade for a card that would otherwise be a PSA 10? The cards are mostly commons and uncommons so would it be worth grading them with print lines?
Print line cards will have a max grade of 9. Every so often you’ll see the outlier case pop up on ebay that got a 10, but 99.9% will max out at 9.
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I don’t think that’s entirely true. I’d say print lines are the break between a weak 10 and strong 9. If the card is impeccable, one line will likely not knock it down, based on a good amount of cases I’ve seen. Especially with PSA, nowadays. But it is definitely a point down in grading terms, no doubt about that.
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I agree with hypernova, but I think 99.99% is pushing it.
This set is known for these print lines. The holos have issues as well, that’s why you see cards like Dark Blastoise or Charizard never getting a 10 even if it’s almost flawless. Hell, I have a pack fresh PSA 8 Holo Charizard that has perfect centering and 0 whitening yet it has 2 little factory lines on the holo.
To answer your question OP, the 9s don’t seem to earn very much especially commons/uncommons. It’s entirely up to you if you want to make that gamble. I say it is worth it on certain cards, but make sure you pick ones that are in very very good conditon.
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We’re not talking about any print lines, we’re talking about legendary collection print lines, like this:
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Seems to depend on the grader, I would say they definitely have a less chance at a 10 but if it’s flawless and only has a print line you could get 10s. I have several 10s with these lines and it does not bother me personally.
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