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01-01-2012, 12:24 PM
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Babe Ruth Esso Boy's Club Pin
I know everyone is familiar with this pin - I picked them up cheap due to condition and - I believe - fear they're not real?
Here's a few:     Two "key" features are telltale for spotting the fake: 1. The threads of the ball - on the real pin - touch the 'oval' Esso (dealer stations).  2. The Font on the "R" in Ruth is different in the real vs. the reprint pin. I don't have a fake - took this off of ebay - I wouldn't mind having a fake one but right now all of them are going for good money - and one of them is from a good seller - so - either the info I have is bad or they fool a lot of people?  Comparison of the real vs the fake with respect to the "R" font. Real:  Fake:  Here's a cool pic of the Babe which was part of the promotion:  I picked up this companion piece - a stack of application forms: 
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