Poll: Is this T206 Elberfeld Washington Real or Fake?

[mrvster]

after reading pat and chris post, I took another looksy........when I first looked at the card, the back looked good, but front color, lettering, border, centering, paper, corner all looked NO BUENO......



from the scans.....the back looks 100% legit.....





the front looks 100% not......

the coloring on the front is all wrong......it doesn't appear to be from the staining either....


this is not in my opinion a "huge " card, but significant enough to bring a few hundred......in lesser cond even......


I kinda like beaters....I have become accustomed to them since I collect scrap...and a lot of them are beaters....anyway....


does anyone think maybe rebacked?????????

I know you ask, why go through all the trouble.....then It winds up in a heap pile of similar....doesn't add up.....I know, I hate to say, in hand I could 100 differentiate what this card is....

I own a printer's scrap, that I paid very good moola for that is rebacked...


collectors did strange things.....maybe a late 80's reprint front glued to apiedy back????

just wish I had it in hand,


THIS IS BOTHERING ME!

I still stick to my original opinion.....FAKE FAKE FAKE