Opinions on this 1991 Topps Desert Shield card

[Yanks2151]

I posted this question a few years back on a different Site with no clear concrete answer. About 9 years ago I bought a former O'neill collectors complete collection from him. One of the cards unearthed was a 1991 Topps Desert Shield card of Paul O'neill. I have a few in my collection but this one has the word COPY on back. I know there were counterfeits of these cards but why would the word Copy be on the back. Any ideas? Thanks in advance!

 

[DaClyde]

Show a scan of the front. Most likely it is a counterfeit. There were several counterfeits in the 1990s that dealers started stamping as such...presumably so they could keep selling them at shows.

 

[383astro]

That's the back of a 1991 card

 

[nyc3]

That's the back of a 1991 card

This post right here reminds me of this sound.

 

[Yanks2151]

Show a scan of the front. Most likely it is a counterfeit. There were several counterfeits in the 1990s that dealers started stamping as such...presumably so they could keep selling them at shows.

The front is added. Thanks.

 

[DaClyde]

Yeah, that's definitely a fake. That Desert Shield stamp is a mess.

http://www.freewebs.com/ds1991topps/counterfeitcards.htm

There was a rash of Pete Rose rookies on the market awhile back, and they were stamped, similar to this.

 

[Yanks2151]

I never compared it to the others I have in my collection. I will keep it for a conversation piece of course. I do remember there where ways to spot fakes, something about the foil seal going past the card border. I was in the Navy from 1990-93 and even did a West PAC tour in the gulf and I didn't hear about these cards until I came home. A co-worker had a box of these he got over there and would give one pack to the new guys that served in the military. At the time I opened my pack and I got a Griffey all star card and a Yankee. That Griffey was one of the first things I ever sold when EBay first started. Over the next few years I built a Yankee team set. I remember paying a lot for Mattingly and Carl Everette. Sometime I will have to check the authenticity of my team set.

 

[saucywombat]

Its a fake. On the actual card the Desert Shield logo touches both the grey and red top borders. (i.e. a little higher up on the real one) The card is probably real with a fake stamp added.

 

[MansGame]

Someone probably being cute with a COPY stamp


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[Yanks2151]

Its a fake. On the actual card the Desert Shield logo touches both the grey and red top borders. (i.e. a little higher up on the real one) The card is probably real with a fake stamp added.

This is one from my PC. Going by your description I would say this is a good one:

 

[mrmopar]

The copy stamp looks generic. i believe i have that exact stamp at work.