Fake Pokémon Cards
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To tell the difference, the best way is to use a flashlight, here's why:
A real card has a layer of paper sandwiched in between the card. When you go to shine a flashlight through, it won't be seen on the other side (onless its a super bright flashlight). However, if the card is fake, it will go through. That's because it's missing the middle layer.
Another way is if you rip a card. If it's real, it will have a black or blue line in it. Thats the middle layer. If not, then it's fake.
You can also tell by blurry text, or if it's small.
Hope this helps you spot them!
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insted of ripping it you can look on the side and see the very thin black line.
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I never knew that. I was always told to rip it. That's really helpful! Thanks!
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Another way to tell if you're looking at a sealed pack, is that the top and bottom edges are not smooth (straight). Zigzag type cut like vvvvvvvvvvv across the top of the packs are a quick tell that they are fake. Yes, I was duped once, and only once, but after opening the packs (price was to good to be true because it was to good to be true 😐) the cards themselves seemed off. Some had the wrong font, some smeared ink, and half the V cards were not holographic whereas the other ones were but almost like they printed on top of a holographic sheet so the whole thing looked washed out. The color of the backs were also off. The details were ina metric system not standard and a few in the same brand new packs were in a different language, spanish. We told the shop owner they were fakes but they said it's just for kids for playing, not collecting, and denied it. (When we realized something was up with the cards, too many high valued ones in a pack, we did a brave browser search for how to spot fakes. It helped.)
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