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Counterfeit 1989 Score football Aikman?

digicatdigicat Posts: 8,551 ✭✭
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Has anyone ever encountered a fake 1989 Score Troy Aikman? What's the best way to spot them?
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  • JESSEJAMESJESSEJAMES Posts: 124
    Yes... best way to spot them is get a common green bordered 1989 score football card and compare them side by side. A couterfeit aikman will probably have a slightly different card stock, less quality photo and may be off size a bit. post a scan if you want me to look at it.
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  • shagrotn77shagrotn77 Posts: 5,616 ✭✭✭✭
    People actually counterfeit that card???
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  • onlyanumberonlyanumber Posts: 2,433
    I believe the Aikman and Barry Sanders were both counterfeitted back in the 90's when those cards were huge.
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  • digicatdigicat Posts: 8,551 ✭✭
    I'll post a scan later tonight.
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  • digicatdigicat Posts: 8,551 ✭✭
    Here's the pic. I included a Sanders card that I pulled from a pack back in 89 as a "known good" comparason.

    I went over it with a 10x loupe, and I'd venture to say that it's likely authentic, just faded. The back looks fine, uncharacteristic of the things they say to look for in counterfeit cards. For example, the words within the "NFLPA" logo being clear and crisp.

    Unless they made some advanced counterfeits.

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  • JESSEJAMESJESSEJAMES Posts: 124
    It looks good to me... Keep in mind. Almost ALL counterfeits were made poorly... Very few exceptions. If you are an advanced collector, it is usually very easy to determine real from fake cards.

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  • envoy98envoy98 Posts: 4,000 ✭✭
    If you have a 10x loupe, just look at the SCORE logo on the front and the red star. If they are made up of little dots, it's fake...if it's solid, then you're probably good. You can also look at the black lines that outline the cowboys helmet, same thing...little dots=no good.

    Hope that helps.
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  • digicatdigicat Posts: 8,551 ✭✭
    Yeah, I went over the Aikman with the 10x lighted loupe I picked up a while back (it really changes the way you look at your collection). I compared it to the Sanders, and asside from the faded apperance, the card checks out in all the fine detail areas.
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