Card grading at its purest
We grade the card for what it is.
Not for who it is.
Yops Card Grading
Many of the top grading companies are grading cards for the potential value to add to their own registry. At Yops we grade cards for exactly what it is. A 10 should be perfect with zero flaws. The big boys allow minor flaws to pass as 10s to add to their prestige but at the cost of the integrity of card grading. Yops believes in the purity of the hobby of collecting and grading.
Every order takes us 2 hours to grade and label. All hand done carefully and passionately. We use classic tools and printing means to grade and slab all cards.
Our grading criteria and grading scales
Flawless Gem Mint 10
Perfect and flawless. Zero flaws under magnification. Perfect corners. Perfect and even edges. Perfect centering. Centering must be perfect.
Gem Mint 9.9
Gem Mint is nearly flawless under magnification. 1 minor surface spot detected under magnification is allowed. Centering must be perfect.
Near Gem Mint 9.5
Near Gem Mint may have 1 minor flaw on edges or corners. 1 minor surface spot under magnification is allowed. 65/35 centering is allowed.
Mint 9
Mint may have 2 minor flaws on corner or edges is acceptable. The surface must have all original gloss but a couple of minor specks or 1 minor or surface defect is allowable. 65/35 or better on centering. 65/35 centering.
Near mint 8
Near mint can have up to 3 minor flaws on corners or edges combined. 2 spot or surface flaws allowed. 65/35 centering at worse.
5-7 Thumbs Down
We decided to have fun here. Cards from 1981 and newer with a grade 5-7 will get a thumbs down symbol within a number grade. The back label will have the grading breakdown as normal. Cards 1981 and older will get a normal grading number.
1-4 Skull and Cross Bone
For the same reason as above 1-4 grades will get a skull and cross bone symbol within a number grade from card newer than 1981. Cards 1981 and older will get a normal grade.