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Posted By: davidcycleback

Though, from what I've gathered from Law & Order, these crime scene DNA tests require a sample from an acutal human instead of an ink reproduction on cardboard.

Reminds of when my brother-in-law worked as phone help for computer company. He asked a woman on the telephone to send in a copy of her computer disk, and she mailed a Xerox copy that pictured her disc.

It may be easy and cheap, but a collector who uses a black light on a baseball card is performing a scientific test. The brightness and color of the fluorescence originates at the atomic level of cardstock.