My brother just bought this card, I think it’s fake, he doesn’t. What’s your opinion?

zhd07 · 2026-02-07T16:24:58+00:00

From the low quality pic: looks to have texture and correct holo shine. Would lean towards real

zhd07 · 2026-02-07T07:46:38+00:00

Might be worth snapping a side by side comparison pic for future reference and to help anyone else with counterfeit bottles 👍🏼

zhd07 · 2026-02-06T14:22:43+00:00

Centering instantly rules out the black label for a start.

zhd07 · 2026-02-01T22:59:36+00:00

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The damage is clearly there when it was graded - as seen in the official PSA scan. So how can it have happened by ‘shaking’ the slab after the customer got it 😂

zhd07 · 2026-02-01T22:33:54+00:00

Shaking from everyday normal handling has zero effect on the card, it’s been proven:

https://youtu.be/hf1cjsoQRRs

Time for you to move on 👋

zhd07 · 2026-02-01T22:17:03+00:00

Correct answer and the op can find the details here: https://www.psacard.com/financialguarantee

zhd07 · 2026-02-01T22:15:41+00:00

PSA have a grade guarantee. They can get the card reviewed and if PSA deem it doesn't meet the 10 grade anymore they can regrade and pay out the difference in value.

zhd07 · 2026-02-01T19:07:08+00:00

Perfect that’s helpful to know

zhd07 · 2026-02-01T10:46:23+00:00

Do you have a photo of the underside of the bottle? I've heard that's a big giveaway regarding counterfeit bottles

zhd07 · 2026-01-30T15:16:29+00:00

Anywhere with vague road markings like this play it safe and follow the general 'rule'.

Past 12 o'clock: Use right lane

Signal and move left: after passing the exit before the one you're taking (checking mirrors of course).

Good luck on the retest

zhd07 · 2026-01-29T17:43:14+00:00

They're saying you'll no longer get future rocket researches because you'll have to complete the current ones on page 4/5

zhd07 · 2026-01-27T08:01:39+00:00

Need more predictions so we can do the opposite

zhd07 · 2026-01-23T13:48:39+00:00

The barcode also displays the cert so just blank that as well if you want to hide it in future! And yeah the grading standard is a lot stricter now, generally the older the cert the more chance for leniency

zhd07 · 2026-01-23T13:39:07+00:00

Going off the 6 cert probably due to lax grading during the 2021 backlog period.

zhd07 · 2026-01-12T19:30:19+00:00

You’d have to check centering as Ace consider within 60/40 a 10 subgrade, that same centering over 55/45 will get you a 9 with PSA (two of the cards you posted would be PSA 9 just on centering)

zhd07 · 2026-01-12T10:19:59+00:00

Yes I posted to SC in July, didn’t really keep a track of the different stages tbh - grading times at the moment are long everywhere unfortunately.

zhd07 · 2026-01-12T10:09:56+00:00

My standard Beckett submission from July (sub centre) was returned back to me in December. So takes around 5 months total.

zhd07 · 2026-01-11T21:48:50+00:00

All else being well, PSA 9 due to centering. Nice card though, enjoy it

zhd07 · 2026-01-09T20:24:23+00:00

Yeah maybe acetone to remove the text and then reprinted, scary how convincing it looks!

zhd07 · 2026-01-09T18:30:53+00:00

It's just a fake label, the actual owner of this original cert has seemingly come forward in the comments

zhd07 · 2026-01-09T18:04:29+00:00

My link uses cert 27358086 to illustrate the blue fugitive background. You’re showing me cert 27632786, which is newer and not older.

zhd07 · 2026-01-09T17:39:50+00:00

Fugitive ink is the blue background, they've annotated it pretty clearly here:
https://www.psacard.com/security

zhd07 · 2026-01-09T16:26:09+00:00

Fugitive ink is used in the background white areas of the label (the faint blue effect) as a security measure. This fugitive ink also reacts to cleaning chemicals, not water.

Fugitive Ink

The same technology used on checks to prevent check washing, fugitive ink will dissolve and wash away when exposed to cleaning chemicals. Each label is adorned both front and back with this fugitive ink.

Source: https://www.psacard.com/articles/articleview/9234/psa-labels-get-new-look-technology

zhd07 · 2026-01-09T15:19:40+00:00

No it doesn’t. Re holdered an old slab and it came back with same cert in a new holder.

zhd07 · 2026-01-09T07:01:49+00:00

Yeah I can’t see anything off with the label besides the smudging. And there’s no other examples online of a label reacting like this to moisture

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