They were apparently reprinted using the original plates but with square corners in the late 80's to early 90's. If memory serves correctly, David Festburg made a substantial "find" of these cards at that time. I have two of those, and examining them with a loupe, they show a regular dot pattern under 16X multiplication, indicating they were indeed printed from the original plate. I do not know if any arising in the 2000's were made in the same fashion--with a counterfeit, a picture is usually taken of a real card and another plate made from that. The latter process yields an irregular dot pattern under magnification, however, and is readily detectable.
Personally, I have taken the same approach as PSA (which is no longer grading this issue), and do not buy any of these, as it would seem to be a rather simple matter to cut the corners off to match the original.
Best of luck in your quest,
Larry
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