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Has a Topps Chrome or Refractor ever been counterfeited?
frankhardy
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Has any Topps Chrome or Refractors ever been convincingly counterfeited? Seems like that would be very difficult to do. I have never heard of one. I would say that the only way to cheat on one of those is with a fake holder for a grade.
Shane
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If it is convincingly counterfeited how would anyone know , except the counterfeiter.?
Convincingly.... At first glance. Or convincingly to a novice.
Shane
Let me rephrase.... Has anyone ever seen a counterfeit attempt?
Shane
I have seen many attempts via the reprint listings on facebook. See link below.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/548236129999209?ref=search&referral_code=marketplace_search&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp:e8d2abcb-322e-4781-b9af-3d873dc359e4
Got to hand it to the seller for at least calling it a reprint even though the slab doesn't say so. Still...... I hate any kind of reprint.... Official or counterfeit.
Shane
that looks like a fake slab. I mean ive seen a bunch of the GEM slabs on ebay and this one just looks a little different.
to answer the OP's question, there were a bunch of faked 1996 Topps Chrome Kobe's floating around ebay over the past few years. but they were easy to spot, notably the Topps Chrome logo.
myslabs.to/smzcards
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There's a guy selling counterfeit slabs as movie props, made to order. I saw his ad on facebook, but basically, you tell him what card you want, what grade and he will make a fake slab with a fake flip and a fake card and sell it to you. Seems to me PSA would want to know this guys address and slap him with a lawsuit. In fact, I think thats what all these companies should do with the amount of "reprints" that are unauthorized