Here's my respoonse, although it seems you're just bashing/fishing/trolling.
1) PSA started their 10 point system with Gem Mint in 1998-ish. Before then, were cards ever referred to as Gem Mint? That was the new high standard.
2) BGS started grading cards later and wanted to attract new customers, so they invented the Pristine 10 (and last year introduced the Black Label All 10 subgrades), notching Gem Mint down to 9.5 .
3) I don't know when SGC started grading cards, and I don't see it on their website. But either they did it after PSA but before BGS, or after both of them.
4) PSA will not change their max grade of Gem Mint because it could require them to perform "mechanical error" corrections for FREE on every card if they changed their grading scale. There also seems to be no demand/need for adding a Pristine grade through PSA.
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PWCC: The Fish Stinks From the Head
PSA: Regularly Get Cheated
BGS: Can't detect trimming on modern
SGC: Closed auto authentication business
JSA: Approved same T206 Autos before SGC
Oh, what a difference a year makes.
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