Phil Boyd

Thanks for the reply but this didn’t really address the question. Under the original CSG grading scale a gem mint card could receive 3 9.5 sub-grades and a 9 for surface for instance and still be gem mint. So a card for instance could have a small print spot that gave it a 9 surface grade but still be gem mint. Now under the new scale it says no print spots. So it seems the standard changed along with the scale. There can now be cards reholdered in a new gem mint holder that aren’t held to the same criteria as newly graded cards. Is that accurate?

I know subgrades are no longer an option on the flip but are these 4 areas still considered the same way in calculating a grade. For instance if I have a card that I’m confident is gem mint in three areas but mint in one area can it still have a chance at gem mint? Or will only meeting mint criteria in one area automatically limit it to a mint grade?