Verify the Authenticity of PSA Certified Collectibles

[joekahuna]

PSA needs to show the image of the item they have tagged

[CoHiVa]

I just got a card but The certification number provided was not found in the database what that means ?

[jchcollins]

It’s that easy, unless they’ve made a data entry error and it just doesn’t show up at all. 😮

[buyeth]

Except scammers can just copy the cert number from listings on ebay and create counterfeit cases. How can you protect against that?

[YTaccount]

Dude.. how is this a legitimate way of authenticating the card? If someone did a fake card they would just copy the number, name, date, card number and all that jazz of the label.... this seems so stupid. Essentially you are worse of buying graded cards because they are encased in such a way you cannot open it without breaking "the seal" and therefor you cannot really authenticate the cards legitimacy. As someone who collects valuable magic the gathering cards i'd say stay away from graded cards because you have no real way of authenticating the actual cards authenticity without removing the slab.