Coins backed by graded cards

Every coin here is an ordinary Pons coin, quoted in ETH, named after one graded slab the vault holds. Its price, market cap and creator fee are read off the Pons curve; the card it is named after is photographed, cert-checked and priced on its own page. A founding card’s coin is redeemable for the card: burn coin worth 90% of the card’s listed price, valued at the 24-hour average price, and the operator ships it.

Contracts

Robinhood Chain · Pons. Always check a contract address against this list before you buy.

PSA1986 Fleer Basketball (1986)57 Michael Jordan — Rookie
NM-MT8
1986 Fleer Basketball (1986) 57 Michael Jordan — Rookie, graded PSA 8

BALLFuck It We Ball

Named after PSA 8 · 1986 Fleer Basketball (1986) 57 Michael Jordan — Rookie

Redeemable: burn $16,200 of BALL (90% of the $18,000 PSA estimate), valued at the 24-hour average price, and the operator ships the Jordan. Operator’s commitment, not a contract.

0.23 of a Jordanmarket cap, $4,068, 1.75 ETH · 2% creator fee on every trade goes to 0x1e8D…e5C2

1% to graduation0.0324 / 4.2 ETH
CGC1999 Pokémon Base Set, Unlimited (1999)4/102 Charizard — Holo
GEM MINT10
1999 Pokémon Base Set, Unlimited (1999) 4/102 Charizard — Holo, graded CGC 10

SLABSlab

Named after CGC 10 · 1999 Pokémon Base Set, Unlimited (1999) 4/102 Charizard — Holo

Redeemable: burn $27,000 of SLAB (90% of the $30,000 CGC estimate), valued at the 24-hour average price, and the operator ships the Charizard. Operator’s commitment, not a contract.

0.14 of a Charizardmarket cap, $4,214, 1.81 ETH · 2% creator fee on every trade goes to 0x1e8D…e5C2

2% to graduation0.063 / 4.2 ETH

Slide 1 of 2: BALL, Fuck It We Ball.

2 coins live on 3 founding cards. 1 not launched yet.

The grails

What a vault is for

Three hobbies, and the rarest pull in each, at the price it last changed hands. Nothing on this list is in our vault; it is the ceiling every card in it is measured against.

Pokémon

The Illustrator is the most expensive trading card ever sold, in any hobby.

  • PSAPromoPikachu Illustrator
    GEM MT10
    $16,492,000Sold Goldin, February 2026. The all-time record for any trading card.
  • PSA1999 Base Set, 1st Edition#4/102 Charizard
    GEM MT10
    1999 Base Set, 1st Edition #4/102 Charizard
    $550,000Sold Heritage. Beat the $420,000 record from 2022. Of 5,325 graded, 124 are PSA 10.
  • PSA1999 Base SetComplete 1st Edition Base Set
    GEM MT10
    $911,000Record sale.

Baseball

The oldest hobby, and the two cards it has always kept score with.

  • 1952 Topps#311 Mickey Mantle
    $12,600,000Sold 2022.
  • T206Honus Wagner
    T206 Honus Wagner
    $7,250,000Sold 2021.

Basketball

One card, one copy, two players on it.

  • 2007-08 Upper Deck Exquisite#1/1 Jordan & Bryant Dual Logoman
    $12,900,000Sold 2025.