I've collected ancient coins for the last 15 years and I can tell you that's a market that has almost been completely ruined by fakes and alteration. People have figured out how to fake a decent looking patina and have scared many many collectors out of collecting. I bought a coin last month, for $50, that I couldn't get for less then 300-400 ten years ago.
Lithographed cards have always scared me the most. Couldn't someone make a great fake using screen printing methods?
Like Quan stated above, it'll be the cardboard that won't be replicated. From issue to issue its too different.
What if a method was developed to remove all ink from a common card, then a more valueable card was printed... Whoa, scary. Hopefully Steve B will chime in and tell us it's impossible.
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