Fake raw Hindu's on ebay?

[Sean]

Originally Posted by JustinD

Not a good thing when the pristine white paper shows on the tears and creases the seller added after the paper was artificially aged...

NJ, that Merkle Hindu does exist; I own one. But that card was fake. Among other things, the tears in the card were made recently. The card was probably "aged" with the use of coffee or something similar to make it appear discolored. It was then bent and torn afterward, which is why the tear has such a bright white look. If it happened over time, the card would have the same discolored look where the tear happened.

By the way, I've seen multiple Merkle Hindus. The background color always appears more orange than red, probably due to some printing error. It seems to have affected many Hindu cards: they seem to come out with the same orange tint. We had a thread about them a couple years ago. If I find it, I'll PM you.