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Old 06-15-2020, 05:16 PM
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Originally Posted by ALR-bishop View Post
Reprints of the 51 Bowman set have been around since at least 1986 when the Card Collector's Company produced some, but CCC's did state reprints on the back initially.

Before building the 51 Bowman set myself I had one of the CCC reprint sets (Fritsch used to sell them) which I later gave to another board member. ( not the OP )

Right, Al. Hope I'm not seen as piling on, but here is a comparison for eyeball inspection of the CCC Reprint, a genuine card and the OP's card.
Notice how the fake closely resembles the reprint at the top line of the reverse. Mantle's name is clumsily offset from the text below it contrasted against the genuine example.
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