Does anyone know anything about a (2000?) NON-GLOSSY Japanese CoroCoro CLEFFA #173 Promo card? I have one but I can only find info on the “Glossy” version.
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Are you referring to the Cleffa from the Japanese Neo set? The card was also released in 2000 and has the number 173. As far as I am aware the corocoro promo has always been glossy but maybe I am mistaken. Can you share the picture of the card you have please?
Cheers!
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Thank-You! Banks.
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I purchased this card in the early 2000’s from a Japanese gift shop that brought Pokemon cards in from Japan weekly. As you can see I paid $20 for this over 23 years ago. The Japanese store owner mentioned to me at that time that it was a rare Coro-Coro promo card, so I bought it. It states on the price tag “non-glossy” and back then $20 for a Japanese card was quite high but I trusted him when he said it was really scarce. I purchased quite a lot of Japanese Pokemon and Yugioh! items from him over those years so he definitely knew what he was talking about. Sadly that store is long gone so I can’t find him to get updated information. I’ve even been trying some folks in Japan with no success. I just came across this site and noticed that there’s outstanding people and information listed here so I thought I’d give it a shot. I’d humbly appreciate any help cause I’m at wits end. Kind Regards 
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Just to reconfirm… this is a NON-Glossy card. I have quite a few of the Glossy Coro-Coro (peel-offs) cards so it’s very easy to tell the difference. This was/is not a “peel-off”.
Hi mrbubbles,
I could be wrong but I don’t think this was part of the Neo set. It has the Coro-Coro markings on the front lower (border) area of the card.
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Hmm, sorry for answering late but I have got nothing actually. I do not know why your card is non-glossy. Is it a mistake? Does the gloss wear off naturally due to rubbing or was it removed etc?
I have not tested this myself but I have read many places that you can easily remove the glossy finish from a card by simply using an eraser and gently rubbing the surface. Not saying this is what happened to your card but I could not find a non-glossy variant for the corocoro Cleffa promo.
Cheers!
They haven’t been online in over a year, but I’ll tag @KEI. Maybe they’ll know anything about a non-glossy CoroCoro Cleffa promo?
If anyone would know anything about early day niche Japanese promos, it’s them.
They also made threads for the discovery / information of:
- The non-glossy Imakuni? card
- The 1998 CoroCoro lottery reprints (including Glossy Keiji Kinebuchu ivy Pikachu)
- The non-glossy Super Energy Retrieval promo
- The WB Mewtwo on Japanese card stock from Japanese VHSs
Greetz,
Quuador
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