Pop Archival Posted March 25, 2021 Report Share Posted March 25, 2021 I received an overall grade of 8.5 NM/Mint+ with 9.5 Centering, 8.5 Corners, 9.5 Edges, and 8.5 Surface. Just curious because my math comes out to 9.0, and that's the grade PSA gave it before I crossed it over to CSG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Popular Post Matt G Posted March 26, 2021 Administrator Popular Post Report Share Posted March 26, 2021 17 hours ago, Pop Archival said: I received an overall grade of 8.5 NM/Mint+ with 9.5 Centering, 8.5 Corners, 9.5 Edges, and 8.5 Surface. Just curious because my math comes out to 9.0, and that's the grade PSA gave it before I crossed it over to CSG. CSG has developed a proprietary algorithm to determine a card’s final grade based on its sub-grades. While we can’t reveal how we arrive at a final grade and sub-grades for a specific card, we can share some guidelines. First, it is important to note that the final grade is not simply an average of the sub-grades. Rather, it is based on numerous rules that are built into CSG’s proprietary systems and grading process. For example, the final grade can be no more than 1 point higher than the lowest sub-grade. In addition, if the two lowest sub-grades are the same, then that is the final grade for the card ItismeH, Dustin DeShields, Pop Archival and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PunsRTonsOfFun Posted March 26, 2021 Report Share Posted March 26, 2021 19 hours ago, Pop Archival said: I received an overall grade of 8.5 NM/Mint+ with 9.5 Centering, 8.5 Corners, 9.5 Edges, and 8.5 Surface. Just curious because my math comes out to 9.0, and that's the grade PSA gave it before I crossed it over to CSG. From everything I've seen, if you're going to cross something over, it should be CSG or SGC to PSA. PSA is well known for being the easiest and most lax of the major grading companies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dictoresno Posted March 27, 2021 Report Share Posted March 27, 2021 10 hours ago, PunsRTonsOfFun said: From everything I've seen, if you're going to cross something over, it should be CSG or SGC to PSA. PSA is well known for being the easiest and most lax of the major grading companies. especially on centering PunsRTonsOfFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 3lewsers Posted March 27, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted March 27, 2021 "if the two lowest sub-grades are the same, then that is the final grade for the card" I actually like that reasoning a lot. If you had two 10s and two 7s, I am glad the card wouldn't be noted as an 8.5 like BGS would do. ItismeH, PunsRTonsOfFun and FCT4NYI 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iowa Silver Baron Bammer Posted March 31, 2021 Report Share Posted March 31, 2021 On 3/26/2021 at 11:47 PM, dictoresno said: especially on centering I agree with this. I've always said that some psa 10s are overgraded. If you want a 10 make sure it's 50-50 on BOTH sides. ItismeH and PunsRTonsOfFun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
