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Al C.risafulliConsidering that if the pop report says there are 3 mint 9s in your example, but there are probably umpteen more raw mint cards out there in circulation, I would answer your question "No", the pop report is not accurate. There are now two mint 9s, and umpteen-plus-one raw, mint cards.
The pop report doesn't cover the whole universe, just the universe of graded cards in that holder.
-Al