And just when you thought you had seen everything in card collecting.

[nosterbor]

I have never seen anything like this. As a matter of fact, I have never heard of anything like this. Fake? I think the first two cards are fake. the stamp is a lot thicker than the last card. What do you people think?

Mike Piazza 1998 Topps Finest Centurion C14 031/500 *Jersey Match 3 Identical SN | eBay

<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;">Mike Piazza - 1998 Topps Finest Centurion C14 031/500 *Jersey Match Lot of 3 Idenical SN.</p> <br> <p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;">*Three cards identically serial numbered "31" to Piazza's jersey/uniform number. Printing...

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[dano7]

I don't see how the first two could be legit!

 

[banjar]

Wow.

This seller just so happens to have identical serial number runs for other players too, including A-Roid and Walker. And the stamps on those don't look like they were made by the same printer either.

Plus he has some convenient jersey-numbered cards of other players too!

I would guess this guy got some un-numbered backdoor cards and had them all printed up.

 

[OakAth]

On this listing he claims to have sent two of them in for grading to determine if one was counterfeit. On the POP report for this card there are four that were graded with a "missing serial number".

Alex Rodriguez - Two 1998 Topps Finest Centurion BGS 9 C13 SN 037/500 **Read | eBay

<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;">Alex Rodriguez - Two 1998 Topps Finest Centurion BGS 9 C13 SN 037/500. **Read</p> <br> <p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;">** I had these two identically serial numbered Centurion cards graded in order to find which one was...

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[joey12508]

 

[banjar]

Well isn't that interesting?

On this listing he claims to have sent two of them in for grading to determine if one was counterfeit. On the POP report for this card there are four that were graded with a "missing serial number".

Alex Rodriguez - Two 1998 Topps Finest Centurion BGS 9 C13 SN 037/500 **Read | eBay

<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;">Alex Rodriguez - Two 1998 Topps Finest Centurion BGS 9 C13 SN 037/500. **Read</p> <br> <p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;">** I had these two identically serial numbered Centurion cards graded in order to find which one was...

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[BucCollector]

Why does one of the above say "Bernie Williams" above the stat block where the other does not?

 

[madbull34]

I would err on the side of caution and avoid this seller. Too many jersey numbered serial cards he has for sale to be just a coincidence. The multiple copies of the same serial is shady as well.

 

[joey12508]

Why does one of the above say "Bernie Williams" above the stat block where the other does not?

the bernie above the stat is the real pack pulled one, the other back door bankruptcy . i saw it one ebay had to have it. was pretty nuts about bernie's i didnt have back then.