Frequently Asked Questions
"Autographed". The card or photo has an authentic signature.
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"Black and White". The picture or sometimes the whole card is black and white or not colored. Also seen as BW or B&W.
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"Collectible Card Game". Gaming cards are for both playing and collecting.
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"Certificate Of Authenticity". A method used to prove the signature is real. "No COA" doesn't mean that the signature is not real, only means there is no proof of validity.
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"Not Numbered or No Number". The card itself doesn't contain an identification number. Usually the price guide will sort the cards alphabetically by the players name and assign a psuedo number.
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"Rookie Card". The persons' first year card issued by each manufacturer.
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"Return Merchandise Authorization Number". Before a buyer returns a product to a seller for any reason, please obtain the seller's authorization so your account is properly credited and the seller expects the item. Unsolicited items sent to the seller are usually discarded.
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"Swatch". This abbreviation is usually found in card titles
and descriptions associated with cards containing "materials" such as game-worn or game-used jerseys, pants, warm-up shirts, bats, bases, game-balls and the like.
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"Uncorrected Error". The card contains incorrect information but never fixed by the manufacturer so the value stays the same. Some collectors collect "error cards" that have corrected by the manufacturer causing two variations. Usually they have different values depending on the quantity of each type issued.
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"World Series". The card usually refers to a card depicting a World Series theme.
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