New to CGC Collecting, need help 0

[Mario_M]

I have noticed when shopping around for CGC graded comics I see that the grade (9.8- 9.6 etc.) looks faded, more a grey then black sometimes and others it's very BOLD. Is there a reason for this or is it very common?

Thank you in advance for any help.

[comicdonna]

Some people like to polish their grades. 

[CKinTO]

The faded grey colored grades are the old cases. The new cases have the grade in bold black. 

Easiest way to tell is where the page color designation is. The old cases (faded grey grades) have page color designation (ie. White Pages) in the middle of the slab label. The new cases have page color designation on the left just underneath the grade. 

[Mario_M]

2 minutes ago, CKinTO said:

The faded grey colored grades are the old cases. The new cases have the grade in bold black. 

Easiest way to tell is where the page color designation is. The old cases (faded grey grades) have page color designation (ie. White Pages) in the middle of the slab label. The new cases have page color designation on the left just underneath the grade. 

Thank you very much!!