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Originally Posted by dstraate
I'm not doubting anybody, but how do you know it's a reprint? What are the tells? I don't know a thing about CJ cards.
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David,
There are two other clues. First, the seller calls it a 1914 in one place and a 1915 in another. It can't be a 1915 because the front and back are oriented the same way (the crunched bottom left corner is the point of reference)--the '15s have the front and back flipped top-to-bottom. And it can't be a 1914 because you can tell from the picture that the stock is too thick--the '14s were printed on much thinner stock.
Second, the red color is off. Scroll through eBay looking at real CJs and ones ID'ed as reprints, and you'll see what I mean.
I'm not an expert on CJs by any means, but I have learned some by following this board over time.
Bill