Fake T206 EPDG

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Posted By: Joann

Rob,

As a courteous answer to your legitimate question:

The name/team font on reprints is black and the letters are close together. Here is an example:



The font on the front of a real card is brown with more spacing between the letters. It has a more graceful and less harsh look.




To be honest, the scan of the Bender card on ebay is so bad I can't really make out for sure what color it is. But it does appear to be missing the black border around the image, as some reprints do.


Here is a scan of a reprint of the same Bender, just to compare font and overall look:



And a link to a real card, similar Bender:

http://cgi.ebay.com/1910-T206-Chief-Bender-H-O-F-no-trees-SGC-80-EX-MT_W0QQitemZ270130888740QQihZ017QQcategoryZ57993QQ rdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem

I'm pretty sure that the second scan above with a zoom view of the real font came from someone on this board, who helpfully posted it when someone else asked the same question. I used to ask things like this all the time, and was grateful for the help. Oddly, I don't think I can remember a single time back in those days that anyone suggested that I was stupid for not knowing it already. My my.

Joann