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Old 09-01-2016, 01:36 PM
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That card is not a reprint, as that term of art is used. The 1980 Exhibit series are reprints, made by the purchaser of the ESCO remains from the original plates. This card is a counterfeit. It was created some years ago by bootleggers who used actual cards to make it with the goal of deceiving buyers. There are a number of well-known counterfeit Exhibit formats including the gray chipboard backs like this one. I don't think any hobby TPG would certify a counterfeit. The only 'Exhibit' cards that are found legitimately with that different cardboard that I know of are the Canadian cards from the 1940s-1950s Exhibit sets. Like these:




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