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Viseden August 9th, 2015 3:28 AM

Is my card fake or misprinted in any way?
 
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Hello guys, I have never seen a card similar to mine and I'm curious if it's fake or misprinted. I am selling part of my collection and I need to know if it's worth auctioning this card.

Blue_Bird August 9th, 2015 3:30 AM

The Pokemon pictured is Togepi not Koffing

Viseden August 9th, 2015 4:08 AM

Yeah, I know that the Pokemon picture is wrong, but what about the fonts/colours etc.? Is the picture the only problem or are there any other issues? :)

ChancellorCharizard August 9th, 2015 7:26 AM

I think it is fake, togepi didn't exist when base set was being printed, and that specific art isn't on any cards at all, so it is probably a bad fake card

Viseden August 9th, 2015 8:52 AM

Thank you for the reply, any other opinions?

donavannj August 9th, 2015 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Viseden (Post 8883414)
Thank you for the reply, any other opinions?

100% fake without any question. So many tell-tale signs. For starters, Togepi was not a known Pokemon at the release of the Base Set. Secondly, the font is wrong for several parts of the card. For instance, the phrase "Basic Pokemon", while using all the correct letters, has the wrong font and font spacing and is also not bolded like it is on all official cards. The Pokedex information is also the wrong font and the wrong spacing. There's a few other areas where I think the font is wrong, but I can't confirm it at a glance. Thirdly, that art is for Togepi, not Koffing. Fourthly, that image of Togepi looks like it was poorly cropped out from a grainy official image and then poorly resized to fit the image box. That background also looks like it was poorly copied from another card's background. And the final sign is that the Foul Gas attack on the original Base Set Koffing only does 10 damage.


TL;DR: Fake fake fake fake. It is without question a fake.

AdamN August 11th, 2015 4:52 PM

It's part of a set of fakes which uses screenshots from the anime as the card art.

EscapeRope August 16th, 2015 2:05 AM

Yeah, it's worth nothing. Sorry.


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