2009 card

Originally Posted by nzel

This just goes to show that we have to be careful when buying these cards as there a lot of fake that are going around!! Would be nice if we got an idea of how we can tell the difference between the two as they look so real!! Would really appreciate an answer!!

Without having the card in hand, and just having to go off the image in the auction in the scan, the thickness of the card stock is hard to tell. In this particular case though, the dead give away is the lack of a corporate logo on the front of the card. All the major card companies were/are pretty fanatic about plastering their logo on the card. Fortunately for us Juan collectors, most of the real tough forgeries in the hobby take place with vintage cards. I've put together about half of the T206 set and there are a lot more issues with those cards than with modern stuff. The T206 set alone has made PSA a successful company; most the collectors of that set that I know will only purchase graded cards (including myself, for the most part).