How Do You Spot a Trimmed Pokémon Card?
Trimming shaves a card's edges to hide wear and chase a higher grade. What it looks like, why it is fraud, and how to check before you buy or sell.
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Spotting Fakes
Is It a Print Error or Just Damage?
Most cards people think are valuable print errors are ordinary manufacturing variance or plain damage. Here is the test that tells the three apart.
How to Spot a Resealed Pokémon Booster Pack
Weight is the easiest reseal test to defeat. The crimp line, wrapper seam and foil at the seal are harder to fake — here is what each one tells you.
Fake PSA and CGC Slabs: How to Check a Cert
Every graded slab carries a number you can look up on the grader's own site before you pay. Here are the three lookup pages, what each one actually returns, and what it means when the database describes a different card to the one in your hands.
Are My Pokémon Cards Fake? Seven Checks That Take Two Minutes
Seven in-hand checks that tell you whether a Pokémon card is counterfeit, no tools required. Plus the real cards people mistake for fakes every week.