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Posted By: davidcycleback

The story behind the fake Wagner 5 cent Cigar trade card is that the labels are real. In 1993 a man who makes reprint tin signs made a sign based on the label. He changed the design slightly for the sign, including adding the 5 cents at the bottom. He marketed the tin signs as his own modern creations, so he wasn't trying to fool anyone. The forgery is a reprint of the tin sign not the original label. When shown a picture of the card, the man who made the tin sign said the cards couldn't be original as they had his 1993 design.