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fkwMakes no sense why SGC would not grade something they can tell is authentic.....thats the reason they (grading companies) exist in the first place. The policy of not grading Fro-Joys is because of problems.
Authentic Fro-Joy cards are actually a fairly scarce issue. Either a high % of the B&W cards we see on eBay all the time are fake, or somehow they are being discovered in large numbers in the last 8 years. In the 1980s they along with the Geo. Ruth Candy cards were not seen that often, no where near as much as they pop up on eBay now. I have no problem telling a fake Geo. Ruth Candy cards from a scan, there is one on eBay right now, ending in a few hours (fakes have design differences). But authenticating a raw B&W Fro-Joy from a scan, no way. And the odds are against it being authentic. The odds go up if it is slabbed, but some collectors still have their doubts and always will.