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fkwHeres my 2 cents worth.
1914 will say "144 pictures" on back, the 1915s will say "176 picture" on back
Real 1915 Cracker Jack E145-2's will always have the back printed upside down. (In other words..... the top of the front is the same edge as the bottom of the back). No modern catalogs/guides mention this that I know of. I have yet to see a 1915 reprint that is upside down. Both sets are printed on a porous rough texture thin construction like paper with absolutely no gloss or waxy look to the surface both front and back. Most fakes are made of a smooth modern card stock, and will have a gloss or waxy look to the front. Also on real cards, where the white/light parts of the uniform meets the white border, the picture blends into the border. Fakes will in most all cases have a line where the uniform touches the border (as the borders on fakes are whitened compared to the picture). Frank