How do you get your baseball cards minted?

Answer 1

The term Mint a grade given to a Baseball card describing the condition. A card cannot be "minted", it can be graded as mint. There are also different levels of a cards graded as mint. The definition of the highest, gem-Mint, graded by PSA sports card grading system is a virtually perfect card including four perfectly sharp corners, sharp focus and full original gloss. See Related Links below for more information. Graded cards are encapsulated in a plastic tamper-evident case. Card collectors will refer to the encapsulated Graded card as being "Slabbed."

Slabbed - A term used to describe a professionally graded card that has been encapsulated in a sonically sealed card holder.

Popular card graders include PSA, BGS SGC and GAI.

For example After a PSA graded card is graded each card is sonically sealed inside a protective, tamper-evident PSA holder with a tagged label that shows its certification number, manufacturer, grade, date, unique bar code and player's name. This label appears above the card that is graded. The 10 Point Grading Scale was established by Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA) in 1991.