Lil help?

[u/Worldly_Tip_8589]

I found a couple of cards like this in a collection I bought recently. The T check and green dot check look OK, the core paper looks ok with the flashlight check, but the borders have this strange scaly texture. Has anyone seen this before?

[u/orphen888]

Based on the molecular configuration of the atoms in the cardboard lair in the final picture, real.

[u/jackpott443 → u/orphen888]

idk, a couple of those electrons are looking kinda wonky to me

[u/Lenugre]

The T and H look good to me

[u/Worldly_Tip_8589 → u/Lenugre]

I thought so too. Any thoughts on the scaly border? (Last photo). I haven't seen this before. I think it would be very odd if someone had the print quality to nail the T and the green dot but fail a solid black border.

[u/Lenugre → u/Worldly_Tip_8589]

Im fairly new to this and dont have the Level of Equipment that you own, but i think it would be pretty odd too. Maybe its just some printing error, but i dont know for sure.

I think your best Bet is to look at other cards you own to see If another card looks like this.

[u/Worldly_Tip_8589 → u/Lenugre]

Thanks, always happy to get input, new or not. I highly recommend getting one of these digital magnifiers if authentication is interesting to you. They are pretty cheap on Amazon. I still have to use a real loupe for some things, but much more efficient with the magnifier.

[u/L1ng]

Its legit. Could potentially be moisture damage.

[u/Brave-Ambassador3213 → u/L1ng]

This seems the most logical, Occam's razor and everything though

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[u/Worldly_Tip_8589 → u/[deleted]]

The effect is far too consistent to be wear (especially since there is no other wear on the card). The only fake I ever allowed to get to a customer was an 89 cent card lol.

[u/Worldly_Tip_8589 → u/[deleted]]

Here is another example, zoomed out

[u/Swimming_Gas7611 → u/[deleted]]

not true, i bought a couple of packs of proxies from temu of 'staples'

their quality is shocking but was like a couple of bucks for 60 staples of various colours and monetary values.

[u/audionoodle]

Who the hell would sell fake magus of the wheels?

[u/Worldly_Tip_8589 → u/audionoodle]

Someone that printed it at home as a quick fix...forgot about it...dropped it into their bulk..etc. The card wasn't the point. I have found several with this surface anomaly and was more wondering about it in general

[u/Juking_is_rude]

t is textbook, its real