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Posted By: Robert S

Looks like one of a bunch of fakes that were floating around over the past few years.

1) The fakes were very, very thin

2) The paper was "aged"

2) The photos were printed first and were faint or fuzzy.

3) The player ID and reverse were printed AFTER the photo, and in some cases after the paper was aged.

4) When held on an angle, the player ID appeared almost shiny, like a laser printer or copier-printed text.

5) When held up to the light, the paper was so thin you could see the printing on the other side almost bleeding through, whereas the original cards were thicker and you couldn't see reverse printing when held up to the light.

6) Some of the cards were so thin, there were holes in the cards.

7) Lastly, some had back printing, some did not. Different backs were printed, including Kendig. Some of the backs apperaed stamped on, without the same quality as a printed original.

Does you card exhibit any of these tendencies -- ultra thin, photo and typeface printed at different times, etc.?