What are subgrades?
Four separate grades on one label.
How they work
Four numbers make the one
Subgrades are four separate grades for a card's centering, corners, edges and surface, printed on the label under the overall grade. BGS is the company known for them.
- Each is graded on its own. Centering, corners, edges and surface each get a number, and the four make up the grade.
- A Black Label is a 10 in all four. A BGS 10 can have a subgrade below 10. A Black Label can't.
- PSA gives one number. A PSA label has the grade and nothing under it.
More
The companies, side by side
The grading guide compares PSA, BGS, SGC, CGC and TAG, and has what each grade means.
More terms, a line each, in the glossary.