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Card centering standards at six grading services

The top-grade centering line at PSA, BGS, CGC, SGC, TAG and ACE, with the date each was read. Each company’s own page has every grade quoted from its official standard, with current fees.

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ServiceTop gradeFrontBackChecked
PSAGEM-MT 10~55/4575/252026-10-28
Beckett (BGS)Pristine 10 / Black Label50/5055/452026-07-14
CGC CardsPristine 1050/50—2026-10-28
SGC10 Pristine50/50—2026-09-17
TAGPristine 10~51/49~52/48 TCG2026-10-28
ACEGem Mint 10under 60/40under 60/402026-10-28

“~” is the company’s own “approximately”; “under” marks ACE’s lines, which exclude the boundary (“less than” or “greater than” a split), so a card exactly on the figure does not meet them. TAG’s back is its TCG line; for sports cards it is ~54.5/45.5. ACE does not say front or back for its 10; applied to both. Each company is re-read monthly where its site can be read; Beckett and SGC block automated reading, so their figures come from the dated official copies shown.

By grade

All six services side by side, grades 10 to 5. Each published figure for grades 7 and up links to that grade’s page, with the line quoted from the official standard.

By ratio

50/50 · 55/45 · 60/40 · 65/35 · 70/30 · 75/25 · 80/20 · 85/15 · 90/10

Fees

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Head to head

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