Hi all, earlier this year I have transitioned from binder collecting into PSA graded cards. I bought some japanese PSA cards even before but never noticed anything wrong with the case, until recently.
Since I started working on my PSA collection, I have noticed that half of the cases contain weird white particles just below the PSA label in the middle. Do any of you have a similar issue?
The cards are coming from several sellers accross USA and EU so it does not seem to be a matter of one seller who did not store the cards properly. I have also checked a few ebay listings and a this seems to be a common issue.
The goal was to have nice and clean sets of PSA cards but with this dirt in the case, it does not make sense to me anymore.
What do you think? Does any of your PSA cases contain the same stuff? And if so, do you even mind or do you just care about the card itself?
Seems most cases seem to have those white plastic dots located exactly there. I have never heard of an official reason for this. It’s something that happens when PSA puts them together
Interesting you brought this up. I hadn’t really run into this issue until about a month ago. I received a shipment back from PSA post COVID reopening. I noticed probably about half of the cards came back with this weird “white particle-like” stuff below the PSA label. It does not appear to be causing any issues or damage to the cards though, just a cosmetic issue for the case. In other words, the “particles” appear stationary and don’t move around in the case. As long as they don’t cause any damage, I don’t really mind it. I would prefer PSA fix this though.
I’m gonna calm this thread down. My forum community service of the day. I saw this on my gold star PSA 10 charizard the other day and similarly freaked out. Then I started noticing it everywhere. They are micro bubbles in the plastic itself. NOT loose particles or dirt. See this:
I also noticed tiny clear squares in the plastic on a bunch of PSA cards. I similarly got worried Thinking it could be fungus then realized it is on the case not the cards
Thanks for all the replies! I will not worry about the white particles then. They indeed seem to be plastic bubbles from sealing the case. But anyway, it would be great if PSA could figure it out because it would look much nicer without it.
the tiny squares that appear on a bunch of PSA cases are not on the cards. those are another, separate case flaw. shine the light from your iPhone on them and you can clearly see they are on the case.
I agree they can appear on the inside surface of the case. But they can also appear on the cards inside the case. After close examination to determine they were actually on the card, these were two examples I just found:
I am glad it is not just me noticing these tiny white squares, I have a few PSA cards with this on!! I couldn’t work out if they were on the case or card yet. I am not cracking one to check either haha If anyone does please post the results!