Spotting M101-4 and M101-5 reprints
 

Posted By: <b>Rick Swaine</b><p>How can a normal collector (if there is such a thing) tell a legitimate raw blank back M101-4 or M101-5 from the numerous reprints that are out there? How do the grading companies tell?

Spotting M101-4 and M101-5 reprints
 

Posted By: <b>Anonymous</b><p>Hi Rick! At the top right of the page, there is a links section titled &quot;Detecting Card Alterations and Reprints&quot; The following article is there:<br><a href="http://www.network54.com/Index/86178" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.network54.com/Index/86178</a><br><br><p><br><br><br><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/mwieder" rel="nofollow">My Trade/Sale Page</a></p>

Spotting M101-4 and M101-5 reprints
 

Posted By: <b>dynarl</b><p>Do the M101-5 have a glossy finish? I picked up 7 common cards about 12 years ago at a local auction for $6 and figured they where fake but would look good on the wall in my sports room. D.

Spotting M101-4 and M101-5 reprints
 

Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>Yes, the fronts are glossy on real ones. One of the best ways to tell if the card is a reprint is to look at the white border inside the frame on the front. If it's very large at all then it's probably a fake. After looking at a few real ones that area is fairly easy to distinguish. As pointed out our &quot;detecting&quot; section has a good article on how to spot the good from bad ones.

Spotting M101-4 and M101-5 reprints
 

Posted By: <b>John V</b><p>Are they known to sneak past SGC?

Spotting M101-4 and M101-5 reprints
 

Posted By: <b>Frank Wakefield</b><p>A black light would help. I keep mentioning this, seems like few try it.<br><br>Old paper was paper. &quot;New&quot; paper, paper made shortly after World War II,<br>contains brighteners, that fluoresce when illuminated with ultra violet<br>light. If you hit an old M101-4 with a black light, nothing happens. If<br>you hit a modern reprint with a black light, it glows purple, the uv<br>light is reflected.<br><br>A REALLY affordable way to spot some fakes is to use a small, battery<br>powered, $10 to $15 black light...<br><br>If you do that, and pay attention to the ones that fluoresce and the<br>ones that don't, you soon be able to differentiate authentic from reprint<br>by a casual look.

Spotting M101-4 and M101-5 reprints
 

Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>I have never personally seen SGC grade a fake M101-4/5....Some of the fakes are pretty good though..

Spotting M101-4 and M101-5 reprints
 

Posted By: <b>fkw</b><p>The reprints are easy to spot (unless someone has made new ones that I havent seen yet).<br><br>The gap between the photo and the thin black line around the photo is 3-4X too wide on the reprints (because the photo area was cropped slightly when they designed the reprint). <br><br>