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davidcylebackGreg, if your card is a reprint (official or homemade reproduction) and was offered as original, it's a fake. Fake means the described identity is different than what the item is.
Forgery and counterfeits are fakes that were intentionally made to fool and often defraud others. Fake is the word you use if the item is not authentic, but you don't know the makers/seller's intent. Some fakes are due to seller's ignorance not maliciousness.
If a vintage card was reproduced on a home computer printer with the intent to sell as an original, that would qualify as a counterfeit. Are there a lot of what I would classify as counterfeit baseball cards on eBay? Yes. Though, as noted, if I wasn't sure of the maker's intent, I would call the cards fakes, which translates to "they are not authentic." And, as everyone knows, if you buy an autograph or baseball card or Tiffany lamp and it's "not authentic," you deserve your money back. As far as getting refund in small claims court, whether or not the maker or seller belongs to a mafia counterfeit ring is beside the point. If Mother Theresa's kinder sister unknowingly sold you a bad Tiffany's lamp, she'd have to give a refund. In other words, knowledge of maker's or seller's intent is not needed to get a refund if the item was misidentified in the sales description. That the item is fake is reason enough for the refund. If the Feds are pursuing it as part of a criminal case of counterfeiting, then showing intent would be essential.