Pinsir Scratch Error #9 value & price
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Pinsir is one of those Jungle era cards that still turns heads more than twenty five years after it first showed up in 1999, and a lot of that comes down to the story behind it. This is the Scratch Error version, card #9, illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno, and it carries that quiet appeal of a printing quirk that collectors love to hunt down. If you are trying to figure out Pinsir value today, a raw copy sits at $53, which makes it an approachable piece of Jungle history even for newer collectors.
Price history
InteractiveRaw value is $60, up 59% over the past year, with an all-time high of $65 in July 2025.
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Pinsir price at every grade
Market value at each grade, with how many exist (population). 97 graded, only 2 are PSA 10.
| Grade | Value | Population | PSA / CGC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 (Gem Mint) | $2.5k | 2 | - / 2 |
| PSA 9 | $210 | 20 | - / 20 |
| PSA 8 | $163 | 38 | - / 38 |
| PSA 7 | $91 | 13 | - / 13 |
| PSA 6 | $55 | 12 | - / 12 |
| PSA 5 | $46 | 6 | - / 6 |
| PSA 4 | $39 | 3 | - / 3 |
| PSA 3 | $33 | 2 | - / 2 |
| PSA 2 | $30 | 1 | - / 1 |
| PSA 1 | - | - | - / - |
| Raw / Ungraded | $60 | - | - |
Prices & population from PriceCharting. Value shown is the PSA-grade market price; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).
Card details
- Set
- Jungle
- Card number
- 9 of 64
- Rarity
- Rare
- Type
- Grass
- HP
- 60
- Stage
- Basic
- Weakness
- Fire ×2
- Retreat cost
- 1
- Illustrator
- Kagemaru Himeno
- Released
- 1999
Attacks
- Irongrip20Grass · Grass
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- Guillotine50Grass · Grass · Colorless · Colorless
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The collector's take on Pinsir
Is Pinsir worth grading?
So is Pinsir worth grading? Honestly, it depends on what you are chasing. A raw copy runs $53, a Grade 9 jumps to $210, and a true PSA 10 sits way up at $2,495, which works out to about 46.9 times the raw price. That is a huge spread, but gem mint is genuinely hard to land on this card, and grading fees plus shipping and the wait time all eat into your potential upside if it comes back a 9 instead of a 10. If you already own a sharp looking copy and you are comfortable with the risk of it grading lower than hoped, it can be worth sending in, but going in expecting a guaranteed PSA 10 payout is where people get burned.
How rare is Pinsir?
Here is where Pinsir gets genuinely interesting. Across all grading services combined, there are only 96 graded copies of this card in existence, and of those, just 1 has ever come back a PSA 10. That is not a typo, one single gem mint copy out of the entire known population. When a card is that scarce at the very top of the grading scale, it explains why the PSA 10 price sits so far above everything else. Scarcity like that does not happen often, and it is a big part of why collectors keep an eye on this one.
Where can you pull Pinsir?
This is where PackSpy actually has something no price guide can tell you, because we track real pulls across pack opening sites as they happen. So far, we have not recorded Pinsir being pulled on any tracked site, which lines up with how rare and high end this card is. If you are hoping to pull one yourself, the honest answer is that opening packs is a gamble and most rips do not come out ahead, so do not go in expecting Pinsir to show up. Realistically, most collectors who want this card end up buying it directly on the secondary market rather than chasing it through packs.
Questions people ask
How much is Pinsir worth?+
A raw, ungraded Pinsir currently sits at $53. That price can climb significantly once the card is graded, especially if it lands a high grade, so the raw number is really just the starting point.
Is Pinsir worth grading?+
It can be, but go in with realistic expectations. Grade 9 copies sell for $210 while a PSA 10 reaches $2,495, and with only 1 PSA 10 in a population of 96 graded copies, gem mint is genuinely tough to hit.
How much is a PSA 10 Pinsir worth?+
A PSA 10 Pinsir is valued at $2,495, which is about 46.9 times the raw price of $53. With just 1 PSA 10 recorded out of 96 total graded copies, that top grade is extremely rare to come by.
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