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Originally Posted by MW1
PSA puts together some very good guidelines that can virtually eliminate these types of scams. From their website:
One way the PSA holder may show tampering is what is commonly referred to as "frosting" along the edges where the clear plastic starts to exhibit a cloudy appearance. In some cases, you can actually see minor fractures or cracks in the plastic as a result of the violation. This occurs when the sonic weld is broken and can be seen in various degrees.
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I'll check when I get home, but I think many if not a majority of my PSA holders show signs of frosting.. some even have little micro-cracks. I think the many of these are legit beyond a doubt, but presumably have picked up these traits due to wear and tear.
I've never cracked a PSA holder, so don't know if the frosting on a compromised holder is so much different than the frosting I've seen on mine. Would love to see all these holders side by side and in hand at some point (real, real with frosting, poorly cracked lots of frosting, well cracked minimal frosting, fake, etc).