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Old 01-11-2021, 05:11 PM
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Howard Chasser
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Default reprints vs. counterfeits

The scans are too small to offer an opinion. That said, there is a big difference in spotting counterfeits vs. reprints.

A reprint is usually going to be easier to spot as the word "reprint" usually needs to be covered or removed in some way and as the previous post stated, reprints are usually more modern creations done on clearly different (often glossy) paper stock. While it is possible to learn to spot reprints via scans, good counterfeits (as opposed to bad ones) are much more difficult. So there will be times you will be able to look at a scan and know - that is a reprint. It will be next to impossible to know for sure until a card is in hand if the card is real vs. a good counterfeit.
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