Collectors ToolsWhat a PSA cert number tells you about when the ticket was graded
PSA numbers every slab from one running counter. It read 63 million in late 2021, 100 million in March 2025 and 177 million in October 2026, so a cert number is a grading date to within a few weeks.
PSA assigns every certification number, for every category, from a single counter that only goes up. The counter stood at 63 million when cert 63001073 was graded in November 2021. It passed 100 million in March 2025 and 175 million in October 2026. The chart is the counter's position each quarter.
When the counter passed each mark
| Cert number | Passed |
|---|---|
| 63M | September 2021 |
| 65M | September to October 2022 |
| 70M | March to April 2023 |
| 75M | July 2023 |
| 80M | January to February 2024 |
| 85M | May 2024 |
| 90M | August to September 2024 |
| 95M | November to December 2024 |
| 100M | March 2025 |
| 110M | June to July 2025 |
| 120M | September 2025 |
| 130M | November to December 2025 |
| 140M | February 2026 |
| 150M | March 2026 |
| 160M | June 2026 |
| 170M | August to September 2026 |
| 175M | September to October 2026 |
| 180M | November 2026 |
The counter by era
| Period | Cert numbers | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2021 to Dec 2022 | Cert numbers63M to 65M | Rate0.15M a month |
| 2023 | Cert numbers65M to 79.5M | Rate1.2M a month |
| 2024 | Cert numbers79.5M to 95.7M | Rate1.4M a month |
| 2025 | Cert numbers97M to 134M | Rate3M a month |
| Jan to Oct 2026 | Cert numbers135M to 177M | Rate4.5M a month |
The counter barely moved through 2022, added a little over a million a month through 2023 and 2024, then doubled its pace in 2025 and doubled it again in 2026. The first ten months of 2026 added 42 million numbers, more than 2023 and 2024 together.
How precisely a number dates a slab
A cert number is assigned when the submission is received and the slab is graded weeks or months later, depending on the service level. So a number gives a band, not a day. For certs in the 65M to 95M range (2023 and 2024) the band is about a month either side. For certs above 135M (2026) it is two to three weeks, because the counter moves faster. Anything below 63M was graded before September 2021 and cannot be placed more finely than that from the number alone.
Reading a cert number
- When was PSA cert 100,000,000 graded?
- The counter passed 100 million in March 2025. A cert just above 100M was graded between February and April 2025.
- Was a cert in the 80 millions graded in 2023 or 2024?
- The counter crossed 80 million in January to February 2024 and 90 million in August to September 2024, so an 80M cert dates to the first half of 2024.
- Do PSA tickets have their own cert number range?
- No. Tickets, cards and every other category share one counter, so a ticket cert number sits beside card certs graded the same week.
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