Question, new to the forum, so be gentle LOL I found a pokemon card from most likely 1999, weird hologram over entire card, no copyright or manufacturer on bottom line, just 24/64 with black star and II (ii) on right side where the logo should be! I searched several databases and found nothing? Any help would be appreciated! Thank you!!!
I've gone ahead and moved your post to the appropriate thread for this type of question.
So, basically, that's a counterfeit. That particular holo pattern has never been used on any card is the immediate giveaway to me, but there are other tells, like the 250 HP the card has, which on the earliest cards was not a thing (iirc there weren't any cards with that much HP until a Wailord card was printed sometime in the last 10 years). That and the HP font does not match the font size of the text "HP" next to it. If it were a legit card, it would match.
Another tell is the font Aerodactyl is written in, which should match the fonts the attacks are written in. And the attack damage is ridiculous for an early era card as well.
That art is also pretty poorly edited onto the card.
That symbol that they're trying to pass off as a set symbol to the bottom right of the picture is also not a symbol that has been used in the Pokemon TCG to indicate any sets whatsoever.
Several of these following tells are related:
1. The card says evolves from Pidgeotto. Aerodactyl does not evolve from Pidgeotto. Pidgeot does.
2. The attacks, aside from the damage - which was heavily edited - are a match both in cost, name, and effect for the Jungle Pidgeot card.
3. 24/64 is the collector's number of a non-holo Pidgeot from the Jungle set.
4. That Pokedex flavor text at the bottom of the card is a perfect match for the Pokedex flavor text on that Pidgeot card.
Basically, what I'm saying is that this was a mostly poorly done counterfeit you have.
It also looks like it's smaller than the card you have behind it. That's another tell.
Hope this helps.
