Need help with T205 authentication

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Posted By: Russ Bright

if you have access to an ACTUAL T205 - look at the gold on the borders - it's real gold dust, none of the reprints I have ever seen do a good job of replicating that - even the lesser condition cards I have still show a difference in shine/shimmer - moreso than the newer reprints that look green/dull - even if it's a beauty with sharp corners, if it's creased you won'tn'e get more than an SGC30 for it and probably less - i have a couple cards that were screamers with hairlines or barely noticable creases (could have passed as EX to naked eye) that ended up grading good or Poor because of the creases - they're a condition killer - take care to look for paperloss as well -

anything under 200 dollars for this card in described condition (creasing, no paperloss) is a good deal