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Posted By: davidcycleback

Does this mean new label PSA whole number grades will be deemed suspect, as PSA would never lower the grade .5 upon resubmission? If a resubmitted 7 was deemed a 7.5, it will get the .5 bump. If the 7 was deemed a 6.5 it would stay 7. Will the mantra become "Play it safe and assume all new label PSA 7s are 6.5"

Many collectors will prefer the .5 grade as they know how it got that grade. Whether first submission or resubmission, the graders felt it was a .5 grade card. With a .0 grade, these same collectors won't be altogether certain how it got that grade. A PSA 6 could be a "real 6," but it might be "one of those resubmission bastard grandfather clauses."

Down the road collectors may say to each other, "If it looks soft don't take it out of the holder, because then PSA grades it for real."