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HankronI learned, and probably many others, learned how to spot the fake Cracker Jacks from Frank Ward.
For those who don't know of Cracker Jack theory: There is no white ink in the Cracker Jacks. Instead, the white of a player's jersey or the borders (for examples) is simply the white color of the card stock. Meaning, to 'create' white on a card they didn't apply any ink. This means that the white of the border and the whitest areas in the image should be the same. And if, for example, the bottom of the image area is white it should blend seemlessly into the white border. On many reprints, the border is a distinctly different color than the white in the image. This is most noticable when the white of the image (the bottom of a player's jersey, for example) is in direct contact with the border. On some cards, this difference can be more difficult to detect.