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Originally Posted by 4815162342
I think the human eye can distinguish between PSA/SGC/Beckett Mint (9/96/9) and Gem Mint (10/98/9.5), but can anyone tell me how to distinguish Gem Mint from Pristine (??/100/10)? The fact that SGC and BGS even have a Pristine grade would lead us to believe that there are flaws in Gem Mint cards. Now that makes no sense Peter.
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I would bet that if you took, say 50 10s and 50 9s of a mass-produced modern card, cracked them all out, and resubmitted, many 10s would come back 9s and vice versa. And judging by scans of the Dmitri Young collection, I'm not so sure on somewhat older cards there is a meaningful difference between 9s and 10s either. I think it's mostly marketing and hype.