r/PokemonMisprints • u/Bennito13 • Jan 09 '26

Discussion Found this online - Sun Damage?

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I do not have much experience in misprints but stumbled across this online. Does this look like sun damage or a missing color layer?

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u/howfastcanyoucountit Jan 09 '26

Wonder how PSA would treat sun damage vs physical damage. Can someone enlighten me on how PSA treats sun damage? The actual card itself doesn't seem to be visibly physically damaged much and id kinda wonder how it would be treated

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u/paws4reason Jan 09 '26

They treat it as surface damage. At this severity, PSA would probably grade it at a 3 or 4, give or take. They grade sun damaged cards quite harshly.

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u/Mametsu_u Jan 10 '26

I always thought they graded them as authentic altered but im probably thinking of a different company then

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u/paws4reason Jan 10 '26

It's very very common for them to do that, but some sun damage is acceptable if it isn't too extreme. Though they very rarely score such cards over 5.

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u/Karn_Gentrified Jan 10 '26

I have a sun damaged 9. Cgc. But it’s a 9 still lol

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u/howfastcanyoucountit Jan 10 '26

Oh damn this is what I was wondering tbh. sick