Cert lookup
Check a certification number before you buy
Every graded card carries a certification number tied to one record on the grading company's own site. Type it in below and we send you straight to that record for PSA, BGS, CGC or SGC. Nothing here is stored or copied — the grader is the source.
Verify a slab
Certification number lookup
Pick the grading company, then type the certification number printed on the label — bottom of the slab, or on the photo in the listing — and we'll open that grader's official record for it. From a PSA record you can open PSA's population report for the card, which is where the total graded and PSA 10 counts for the gem rate calculator come from.
What each field on the label means
- Certification number
- The unique serial for that exact slab, printed on the label (PSA and CGC put it at the bottom right, BGS on the back, SGC under the grade). It is the only field that proves the slab and the record match.
- Grade
- The numeric grade, 1 through 10, sometimes with a qualifier such as OC (off-centre) or MK (mark). Gem Mint 10, Pristine 10 and Black Label 10 are the top designations depending on the grader.
- Card identity
- Year, set, card name and printed number. If any of these differ from the listing you are looking at, the seller is showing a photo of a different slab.
- Variety / qualifier line
- Holo, reverse holo, 1st Edition, Shadowless, staff or promo stamps. Two cards with the same name and number can be worth very different amounts on this line alone.
- Population data
- Not on the label — it lives on the grader's site. From a PSA record you can open the population report for that card, which is where total graded and PSA 10 counts come from.
Official verification pages
If you would rather start on the grader's own site, these are the current verification tools.
When a cert check should stop the purchase
- The cert record shows a different card, year or grade than the listing title.
- The seller will not show a clear photo of the label with the number readable.
- The number returns no record at all on the grader's site.
- The label font, spacing or hologram looks off compared with the grader's current label design — counterfeit slabs reuse real cert numbers.
- The listing says "PSA 10 equivalent", "graded 10 by us" or names one grader in the title and shows another on the slab.
Cert checks out? Check the price next.
Search the card to see live eBay asking prices by grade, the spread between the cheapest and the median, and links to completed sold listings.
Fill in as much or as little as you like — a character alone works. Grader and grade set the eBay listings and sold comps on the card page.
Wondering whether a raw copy is worth submitting? Run the grading breakeven numbers.
Questions
How do I look up a PSA certification number?
Enter the number printed on the bottom of the PSA label into the lookup above and open the record on psacard.com. The record shows the card, year, set, variety and grade PSA assigned to that exact slab. If the record does not match the listing photos, do not buy.
Where is the cert number on the slab?
PSA prints it at the bottom right of the front label. CGC prints it on the front label under the grade. BGS prints the serial on the back of the slab. SGC prints it beneath the grade on the front label.
Can a certification number be faked?
The number itself can be copied onto a counterfeit slab, which is why the lookup matters: check that the record's card, year, variety and grade all match the item in front of you, and compare the label design with the grader's current format.
Does a cert lookup show what the card is worth?
No. A cert record confirms identity and grade only. For pricing, open the card's page here to see live eBay asking prices for that grade, and check completed sold listings.
Do you store grading data?
No. This page never scrapes or stores grader data. It builds a direct link to the official record on the grader's own site so you read the source, not our copy of it.
Required disclaimers
- §This is not financial advice. Nothing on Vault 10 Capital is a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any asset.
- §All price statistics are drawn from active eBay listings at the time the page was requested. They are asking prices — not completed sales, appraisals, or estimates of market value.
- §Auction bids are shown separately and are never included in the price statistics.
- §eBay reports its result totals as an indicator only, and one listing can contain more than one card. We report matching active listings, not cards for sale.
- §Listings may contain inaccurate descriptions, and our matching process may include listings that aren't the exact card queried or miss ones that are.
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