Help with '28 Ruth Candy...

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Posted By: leon

I have handled numerous fakes and even more real ones. As we know these came on 2 distinctly different kinds of stock, with or without writing on the backs. I have never seen a fake one look like this one you posted. If I was guessing from the scan I would say it looks real. Generally speaking the picture and letters are much more grainy looking on the fake ones than on this one....Does it have the feel of 80 yr old paper? That is one of the ways I use to tell fakes in this series.....Take an E121 or E120, feel the paper between your forefinger and thumb, do the same with this candy card....if they feel the same most likely it's good....(also check for uneven gloss, which is almost impossible to fake) regards