Is a Curry Topps Chrome rookie a PSA 10?

About the Curry Topps Chrome rookie

The 2009-10 Topps Chrome Stephen Curry Rookie #101 is a 2009 Basketball card from the modern era. Notorious for factory print lines. Even a seemingly pristine copy can come back a 9 because of a faint print dot only visible under magnification.

What graders look for

Every grading company — PSA, BGS, SGC, and CGC — uses the same four sub-scores: centering, corners, edges, and surface. On this card specifically, watch for:

• Print lines through the background
• Corner whitening
• Front surface scratches
• Edge chipping

Pro tip

Photograph the front under a desk lamp at an angle. If you see a visible print line, the card will not grade a 10 at PSA.

Should you send it in?

Before paying grading fees, scan the card with ID Grader to get an instant AI pre-grade across all four sub-scores. If the pre-grade comes back a confident 9.5 or 10, you probably have a submission candidate. If it comes back an 8 with any sub-score below a 9, you likely do better selling the card raw.

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