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Originally Posted by trdcrdkid
The person who beat it up isn’t necessarily the same person who created a fake. I have a 1974 Fleer Pioneers of Baseball card that somebody deliberately folded and beat up, presumably because that assumed that it was a really old card and that old cards “should” look like that. This could be a reprint that some unsophisticated person best up to make it look more “authentic”.
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I didn't get many of those as a kid. Only one store in town had them, and it was pretty far from my neighborhood.
I did pick up one or two at school, but they all had that sort of damage. They just didn't fit well in most kids pockets.