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Posted By: davidcycleback

I could tell you if the card is vintage, but I'd have to have in person. A simple way to compare the cards is to put them under a black light side by side or overlapping. There's a good chance that if one is real and one is a later reprint that the stocks will fluoresce noticable differently as the stocks are made out of different material. Black light is a great way to identify different card stocks, and an important counterfeit detection tool for all card collectors-- including collectors of modern cards. If a collector has a pile of 1986-7 Fleer basketball commons and a $10 black light, he should have no problem identifying a counterfeit Michael Jordan.