GRADING : Although each dealer has his own standards, following is a general description of our grades:
NR-MT - Extremely sharp corners, no visible wear or creasing, centered at least 75/25. Beautiful cards.
EX-MT - 4 sharp corners, no creasing or noteworthy wear, centering at least 80/20.
EX - No creasing, a modest amount of corner wear (no rounding), most centered 85/15 or better.
VG-EX - Very collectible cards, centered 85/15 or better on nearly all cards, can have minor creasing, no other noteworthy wear.
VG - Similar to VG-EX but can have a bit more corner rounding, centering is usually at least 90/10 (most better). Can have minor creasing and/or surface wear.
GD-VG - Cards can have creasing and/or rounded corners, most centered normally with a few way off center.
FR-GD/Fair - A well worn card with significant creasing and corner rounding. Can have erasure marks, paper loss or minor writing. Most "bargain priced" at 10-15% of full guide.
Poor - A "filler" card with a combination of creasing, lots of corner wear, possible writing, paper loss, tape mark, etc.
Please note: These are just guidelines: not all cards are the same, of course. Sometimes we use half grades (such as VG-EX/EX) - this means the card grades in the middle of both grades shown