SGC grading... What is an "A"?

Yaga · 11-10-2020, 01:20 PM

I thought SGC used numbers... What does it mean when there's no number and it's just the letter A? Has it been altered?

ThoseBackPages · 11-10-2020, 01:20 PM

Authentic

qdoggmets · 11-10-2020, 01:45 PM

Awesomer

mjohnatgt · 11-10-2020, 01:46 PM

I wonder if they put that kind of information on the world wide web, in some format?

Nostalgia · 11-10-2020, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by mjohnatgt

I wonder if they put that kind of information on the world wide web, in some format?

How would one go about searching for that?

glen87 · 11-10-2020, 01:54 PM

https://gosgc.com/card-grading/submissions

the "A" is not covered for some reason

Tom Oates · 11-10-2020, 02:15 PM

Altered

mjohnatgt · 11-10-2020, 02:17 PM

Could be:
A for autograph authentic
A for card authentic
A for card altered.

Post a picture.

1989FF · 11-10-2020, 02:23 PM

Enter your A cert# here

https://gosgc.com/auth-code

Example- 6200578

GRADE:
A

Huh? Lacking some info for sure.

I always though A was authentic. They slab the same "A" for altered?

Hoardthevintage · 11-10-2020, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by 1989FF

Enter your A cert# here

https://gosgc.com/auth-code

Example- 6200578

GRADE:
A

Huh? Lacking some info for sure.

I always though A was authentic. They slab the same "A" for altered?

SGC started adding Altered to Authentic labels recently.

Keyser Soze · 11-10-2020, 02:58 PM

Means that owner is an A-hole

tonedef2oo8 · 11-10-2020, 03:13 PM

Authentic but here’s what some won’t tell you. It’s probably altered cause that’s what they label altered cards.

Yaga · 11-10-2020, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by tonedef2oo8

Authentic but here’s what some won’t tell you. It’s probably altered cause that’s what they label altered cards.

What a stupid freaking label. What's the point of that!?!?

Skybase · 11-10-2020, 03:28 PM

I would hope that if I card is found Altered, that they'd either notify and ask if you still wanted it slabbed or simply return it as most places do. I'd be upset to have paid for a slab on an altered card if I hadn't known.

shrevecity · 11-10-2020, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Yaga

What a stupid freaking label. What's the point of that!?!?

PSA does the same thing so does Beckett. It means it is a real card but has been altered.

YouFold2Me · 11-10-2020, 03:46 PM

Anal.

shrevecity · 11-10-2020, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Skybase

I would hope that if I card is found Altered, that they'd either notify and ask if you still wanted it slabbed or simply return it as most places do. I'd be upset to have paid for a slab on an altered card if I hadn't known.

They would still likely charge you PSA and other companies will charge you. You are paying for grading not necessarily the slap. Usually when PSA does not grade it is when the card is short but they do not suspect trimmed. They will charge if they think it is trimmed regardless of if they grade it authentic or send it back.

Yaga · 11-10-2020, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by shrevecity

PSA does the same thing so does Beckett. It means it is a real card but has been altered.

But don't PSA and BGS say Altered in the description or something like that? This just says.... "A" which is very open to interpretation, especially since I can't find any info about it on their webpage

shrevecity · 11-10-2020, 04:00 PM

I believe they just say authentic.

TFP · 11-10-2020, 04:21 PM

Aight

Hoardthevintage · 11-10-2020, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Yaga

But don't PSA and BGS say Altered in the description or something like that? This just says.... "A" which is very open to interpretation, especially since I can't find any info about it on their webpage

PSA Authentic cards can be altered whether they say it or not. SGC started adding Altered tags to some Authentic cards when they switched to the new labels although I can't find any pictures, I'm pretty sure i've bid on some.

YouFold2Me · 11-10-2020, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by TFP

Aight

11-10-2020, 01:20 PM	#1
Yaga Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 7,525	SGC grading... What is an "A"? I thought SGC used numbers... What does it mean when there's no number and it's just the letter A? Has it been altered?

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ThoseBackPages Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Long Island Posts: 90,329 ThoseBackPages	Authentic __________________ Pumpers Paradise #YouCryIBuy Four things that we cannot change each others minds about: Politics, Religion, Third Party Grading, and 2021 Bowman's Best Rookie Cards

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tonedef2oo8 Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 7,335	Authentic but here’s what some won’t tell you. It’s probably altered cause that’s what they label altered cards. __________________ *“ I am very good at calculating stuff. 160+60=210 “*

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qdoggmets Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 209	Awesomer

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mjohnatgt Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Niceville, FL Posts: 14,710 mjohnatgt mjohnatgt	I wonder if they put that kind of information on the world wide web, in some format?

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Tom Oates Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 1,976 OATES	Altered

11-10-2020, 02:17 PM	#8
mjohnatgt Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Niceville, FL Posts: 14,710 mjohnatgt mjohnatgt	Could be: A for autograph authentic A for card authentic A for card altered. Post a picture.

11-10-2020, 02:23 PM	#9
1989FF Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Bakersfield Posts: 2,425 ryans_rust	Enter your A cert# here https://gosgc.com/auth-code Example- 6200578 GRADE: A Huh? Lacking some info for sure. I always though A was authentic. They slab the same "A" for altered?

11-10-2020, 03:28 PM	#14
Skybase Member Join Date: Feb 2020 Location: Montana Posts: 295	I would hope that if I card is found Altered, that they'd either notify and ask if you still wanted it slabbed or simply return it as most places do. I'd be upset to have paid for a slab on an altered card if I hadn't known.

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shrevecity Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 28,059	I believe they just say authentic.

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TFP Member Join Date: Apr 2019 Location: Glendale, CA Posts: 904 whydoyouhavethat	Aight