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Originally Posted by bnorth
Correct, they are 1989 Bill Ripken F Face cards. Strangely that counterfeit card sells for easily 3 to 4 times the real one. I know the counterfeits PSA graded sell for absolutely silly money. Yes Bill Ripken collectors are very strange. 
It is a long time known counterfeit among advanced Bill Ripken collectors. I am not up on current totals but last I knew there was about 30 of the counterfeit cards known to exist.They are very well made and fool most people rather easily. |
And they include features I've never seen on a fake. Unlike most where shortcuts are typical whoever did them spent a lot of effort, so much that I'd think there would be far more of them.