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Posted By: davidcycleback

I don't know who has done Play Ball reprints, but I owned some old Larry Frisch reprints and they weren't much like the real cards. The stock was thin and white-- nothing like the genuine Play Ball stock. I think other 'official' reprints, if they exist, will also look noticeably different in stock and visual ways ways.

Probably 99 percent of home computer reprints will have multi color dots, not black ink only like yours. Most home computer printers can't print on thick cardboard, so these fakes will usually either be really thin or have two pieces of paper pasted onto cardboard.

If you have some cheap commons, compare the stock, gloss, etc. As just mentioned, the Frisch reprints stock is very different and other reprints stocks probably will be as well. It's almost always the case that any reprints are on noticeably different stock.