ENG vs. Simplified CH Cards?

Can you tell if a simplified chinese pokemon card is real or fake using the ink test like on english print cards?

On the left is an example from a sealed Simplified Case, the right is from a Shrouded Fable Case.

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Japanese doesn’t have the inner black layer and Chinese is the same print quality as Japanese. I would infer that you cannot use the ink test for simplified Chinese.

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Simplified Chinese has an embossed “Pokemon” stamp in the bottom corner of all cards with foil (reverse holos, holos, v/ex cards, etc). If a card has foil and doesn’t have the stamp, it’s fake.

Notably, non-foils don’t have this stamp.


These are pretty hard to photograph since they’re physically embossed in the card, but this should give you an idea.

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Thank you.