56 mantle authenticity

[swarmee]

Looks off to me. It looks like a gray back, but there isn't really any paper grain that I can point to, just the coloration of a gray back. The light chipping on the back edge looks okay, but then there is some white paper showing through at the bottom left, which would be a tell for a fake. Image clarity is a little fuzzy, and the card is slightly off-centered top to bottom.

Can you take it out of the holder and feel it? Smell it? Compare the surface with a common from 1956 Gray backs?

[maniac_73]

Thanks Swamee. Here are a couple of pics outside the holder if that helps.

[CobbSpikedMe]

I hate to jump on the fake bandwagon for your sake, but I also think it looks bad. The Mick's face looks too washed out and red to me. And the back, like has been said, doesn't look right either. To much of a modern reprinting all around. What was the deal that was too good to be true?

[maniac_73]

Thanks guys. The more I look at it the more I see that it has to be a fake. Oh well! I bought it off ebay for something like 50bucks. Shame on my for not remembering the golden rule that if it sounds TGTBT it probablyis!

[GasHouseGang]

Originally Posted by maniac_73

Thanks guys. The more I look at it the more I see that it has to be a fake. Oh well! I bought it off ebay for something like 50bucks. Shame on my for not remembering the golden rule that if it sounds TGTBT it probablyis!

If it's a recent purchase return it for a refund. Ebay and PayPal will both back you up. You might save someone else from being ripped off by this seller.