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Any single card that has characteristics of uncut sheet cards is not authentic; it is a counterfeit. Amid heavy research, I have only found one black and white counterfeit of the machine cut single, and it was horribly done, very obvious. It was artificially aged and brownish. As I mentioned before, I purchased a single from a counterfeit uncut sheet with limited knowledge of the issue. But even so, I knew it was counterfeit as soon as I received it and held it. Paypal refunded, and I still have it because the seller would not provide his return address. I subsequently purchased a BVG graded Fro Joy crack fielder and immediately noticed the difference. If I knew then what I know now, I would not have purchased it. Based on what I've read, a lot of which was from old threads here, the problem has always been that we didn't know the cards on the sheet possessed different characteristics compared to the factory cut singles. Knowledgeable collectors have always informed others to watch out for the dotted cut lines, the text box gaps, and lack of photo clarity, but they didn't know why they were saying that (full sheet characteristics). They were saying that because people were purchasing singles that were cut from a counterfeit sheet. If a printing plate exists, would it have sold by now because of its uselessness? It is ridiculous that authentication companies can't authenticate this issue. Beckett has complete confidence, with the cards that is. It's as simple as this: Characteristics of cards on a full sheet, both authentic and counterfeit:
Characteristics of cards on an authentic full sheet:
Characteristics of cards on a counterfeit full sheet:
Characteristics of an authentic machine cut single:
Characteristics of a counterfeit machine cut card single:
Here's one of those repli-cards, which is a black and white counterfeit of the factory cut single. It also has the connected text box on the back. It's next to an authentic: [IMG] ![]() ![]() If a single card matches the description of a card on the full sheet, it's a counterfeit, period. It's not as difficult as it seemed. Last edited by Clutch-Hitter; 01-18-2011 at 06:57 PM. Reason: info added |
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