QUESTION About Topps 1969 World Series Cards

[jgannon]

Hey guys -

In your experience - have you ever come across reprints or counterfeits of any of the 1969 Topps World Series cards? I buy raw cards, and I just received the first in the World Series run today of Game #1 of Bob Gibson's 17-strikeout game.

It kind of seemed a little sheen and I noticed the back of the card was a little whiter than the other cards I have from the series run. Although, then I realized that I had another card that looked and felt the same way as the Gibson card, which was the Game #5 card with Al Kaline on the front.

Here are some pics of the backs. You really can't tell any difference between them from the fronts really.

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You can see that the card on the left of Game #2 - which I am confident is an original - differs in color from the Gibson and Kaline cards on the right.

The card on the left, Game #2, feels a little thicker too. All the rest of my cards in the series run have the same color as the card on the left. The only two which look whiter on the back and feel a little flimsier, are the Gibson and Kaline cards.

So again, my question is, has anyone come across any reprints or counterfeits of these cards?

Thanks in advance for any input you can give me on this!