Base Set 2 Raichu fading - ink error or sun damage?

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I would say sun

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That Raichu forgot his SPF 100 :slightly_frowning_face:

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Definitely looks like sun fading, usually the print errors will have some areas (borders etc) where there isn’t ink fading. This is because cards are printed in multiple layers, so its highly unlikely that every printer that was used ran out of ink at the same time.

I’m always hesitant on these “running out of ink” errors though, because it’s super easy to fabricate a legit-looking one just by taping/papering over parts of a card and sticking it in a window for a few weeks.

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Thanks all, I figured sun damage as well. I think it looks great still!

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I would recommend you to leand how to read the ink patters to know these kind of stuff or to tell fakes apart.