FCG Forensic Card Grading

Centering 10. Edges 10. Auto 10. Final grade: 8.5. One category is the whole story.

Surface came back at 7.5, and on a card like this, that's the category that decides everything. Hyper parallels carry a foil finish that shows its whole life under angled light. Every touch, every trip in and out of a sleeve leaves a little something behind. Nothing dramatic here, just enough surface wear under magnification to take a gem off the table.

A card can look flawless in hand and tell a different story under the light and equipment. Our job is reading that story honestly, even on a card this rare.

And this one is rare: 2018 Panini Unparalleled Pioneer Penmanship, Ed McCaffrey auto, numbered 11 of 15. Three Super Bowl rings, the last Monday Night Football before 9/11, and yes... Christian McCaffrey's dad.

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Which slab are you going to pick if you win our April giveaway?
1) Kangaskhan
2) Sabo
3) Lamar Jackson

We’ve seen the questions. We’ve heard the concerns.

So instead of answering in comments, we sat down and addressed everything head on.

In this video, we cover the future of FCG, communication improvements, pricing, submissions, grading transparency, and more.

We’re collectors first, and we’re committed to building this the right way.

Keep the feedback coming. We’re listening.

We want to take a moment to check in with the FCG community.

First, thank you. We see your questions, your feedback, and how much people genuinely care about FCG. That means a lot to us, and we don’t take it lightly.

Behind the scenes, we’ve been working around the clock to keep everything running smoothly, respond to concerns, and make sure things continue moving in the right direction. There’s a lot happening at once, but please know this: we’ve got you. Our focus is protecting what you love about FCG...because it’s what we love about FCG too.

We also want to be as transparent as possible. We know some of you are worried about change, and we want to reassure you that our goal isn’t to change the heart of FCG, it’s to support it, strengthen it, and keep building on it the right way.

We’re doing our best to keep up with questions here on Facebook. For any urgent questions or immediate needs, please email [email protected] so we can make sure you’re taken care of as quickly as possible.

We’re also reviewing the most frequently asked questions we’re seeing here and are working on official responses where we can answer them directly. We want to communicate clearly, be open with you, and help ease any worries.

If you have additional questions, please drop them below. We’re listening, and we’ll do our best to get answers out as quickly as we can.

Thank you for being part of the FCG family. We appreciate you more than you know.