Crawford Old Mill t-206

[atx840]

I wonder if the back ad printing plate/process for these fakes could be used to "multi strike" legit cards and get slabbed.

[steve B]

Originally Posted by atx840

I wonder if the back ad printing plate/process for these fakes could be used to "multi strike" legit cards and get slabbed.

I believe the size of the back is different.

Running one card through a press would be possible. Just affix the card to one of the blank sheets in the right spot. There's always a chance it would get mangled, but the payoff might be worth it.
Matching the color or the intensity of the black would be the hard part.

Steve B

[Leon]

So maybe that his how this was done?

[veleno45]

What are you looking at to make the fake call? I do not have the experience that most here do so please elaborate on what you are seeing.

[ullmandds]

I would think that it would be a lot easier to falsify double triple strike backs... As the alignment does not have to be perfect

[ullmandds]

Type font/color is awful...thats all the evidence i need

[Runscott]

For an aged T206 reprint, the first thing I would normally notice with a quick glance would be gloss or lack of border on the front, but for this one it's the dark lettering and bad font - doesn't match the card. There are so many ways to create a realistic-looking forgery from a hi-def image, that are easier than trying to age and manipulate a reprint. I don't get why they do it this way.

I plan to create some tobacco fantasy card to bring to the National as advertising, so you'll see what I mean.