To crack or not to crack - 2003 Topps finest Tom Brady Gold Xfractor Uncirculated

[VGbeef]

Title says it all- Curious if people think if I should crack a 2003 Topps finest Tom Brady Gold Xfractor Uncirculated card to send in to PSA. In theory, it should be a guaranteed 10 but we all know this is seldom true. Thoughts?

[jplarson]

Not guaranteed a 10. Beautiful card from a fine set. Keep it in the uncirculated case.

[Blazed]

Send it in in the case with a min grade if you don't want to crack it. If it doesn't meet the min grade they leave it in case. If think think it meets min they'll open it.

[Brian48]

Definitely not guaranteed. Sent a lot of these "uncirculateds" to PsA over the years. A few 10s, mostly 9s, and even a few 8s.

[ArmyDC]

Yea I have seen a lot of the eTopps uncirculated come back 8s & 9s

[Siberian13]

There are non guarantees

[vacardsguy]

Definitely not guaranteed. Sent a lot of these "uncirculateds" to PsA over the years. A few 10s, mostly 9s, and even a few 8s.

my 04 bowman white got a 7...🤬🤬🤬

[the36chamber]

definitely not a guarantee 10, but odds are in your favor for a good grade. Select XRC is a recent uncirculated example that comes to mind.

Select XRC 2020 non autos are 78% 10s
Select XRC 2019 non autos are 56% 10s

good luck

[mc1]

17 graded by PSA

10 10s
5 9s

2 Authentic. I wonder if these can get damaged inside the case. Im sure they can!

[jplarson]

2 Authentic. I wonder if these can get damaged inside the case. Im sure they can!

Yes they for sure can. There's a bit of extra empty space in the case. Card doesn't always move, but there's space for it.

[teamterrellowen]

I'd crack regardless. Those cases are terrible looking. Get scratched just by looking at it.

[Noles939913]

I prefer keeping encased cards that way.

[VGbeef]

thanks for the input folks. keeping encased for now!