I could be wrong, but I don’t believe Ampharos had the expanded hologram coverage like the others, at least not to the degree that it’s discernible or different from the regular foil coverage.
I have owned the bleed version of this card before. It would have faint holoing on the body itself. That’s the only way to tell and even then its hard to tell unless looking at it correctly.
Correct - I am that guy but I no longer have my set.. (regrets). I ended up grading them all and they went separate directions in the end. No idea where they ended up unfortunately or I’d track them back down.
Congrats on having such an amazing set, even if not anymore. I have that thread bookmarked!
What did they end up grading (if you recall)? It seems some are vanishingly rare (e.g., I believe PokémonMaster556 and GemMintPokémon have the only known PSA 10 and 9 Houndooms, respectively)