Weird Pokemon Card
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Posted on March 28, 2015, 8:19 a.m. by ChrisH
Hi, I have a Foil Japanese Lt. Surge's Jolteon Pocket Monster card. It has extremely thick top and bottom borders but normal side borders. The overall card is slightly smaller than normal Pokemon cards. I doubt it is fake because it is quite old and has torn, revealing the normal amount of layers in a Pokemon card. It has the art from the Lt. Surge's Jolteon Gym Challenge series with the text/set symbol of the Coro Coro Promotional Print. Any ideas what it is? Is it valuable?
It is a mix of the two cards in the gallery here:http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Lt.Surge's_Jolteon(Gym_Challenge_28)
It may be fake but I'm hoping it's some one of a kind old card worth a lot.
http://imgur.com/gallery/FDKzz8V
IvoryFrost says... #3
I've never seen that foil treatment before, could you show the back of the card?
March 28, 2015 9:38 a.m.
IvoryFrost says... #5
I believe this is fake. It resembles a few fake cards I have but they are english.
I don't know if this will work for Japanese cards but try holding it to a light, if it's see-through, it's definitely fake. The writing and logo on the back of the card is squished, and the colouring is off.
I also came across a few ebay postings for this reprint in coro coro, it doesn't have the foil treatment.
Sorry! It's still cool though!
March 28, 2015 10:21 a.m.
Servo_Token says... #6
I'd give you a dollar for this. I'm not going to, but I would.
March 28, 2015 11:55 a.m.
IvoryFrost I believe it to be a fake because of the light test. They weren't too good at faking but they got me... good thing I got it for 50 cents only. Still a cool card imo. Thanks a lot for your help.
CharlesMandore says... #2
Of course you want it to be worth a lot. It's probably not. Defects aren't usually that bad.
March 28, 2015 8:48 a.m.