Is this first Ed Dracaufeu/Charizard fake?

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Hey y’all. I recently bought this guy off eBay for a pretty penny, but after examining it I think it might be fake. My main concerns are all the horizontal lines throughout the entire holo - they don’t look like your typical print lines - it’s through the entire holo. Another area of concern is the body of the card. When I shine a light on it, it has somewhat of a glow or shine to it… never really seen anything like it. Not sure if French cards were printed slightly differently or if I’m just paranoid. Let me know what you think, thanks so much







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Card looks legit to me

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If it’s fake, it’s the best fake I’ve ever seen

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It’s legit.

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It checks out against other legit copies.

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Looks real

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Thanks for all the input, I really appreciate it. We’ll see what PSA thinks of it lol

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Hope PSA don’t send it to BBCE lol

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Doesn’t PSA outsource its sealed product authentication to a third party (not BBCE, but another grading company)?

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Real. The horizontal lines are probably a minor printing error.
There are also English Jungle holofoil cards with (thicker) vertical lines, which is a pretty similar error. Here an example of one I saved a picture of:

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Not sure how the lines will affect the grade, but based on those Charizard pictures, I’d say it’s real.

Greetz,
Quuador

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Wow, those vertical lines are very defined. Thanks for sharing, I’ve never seen anything like this before. Glad to know there are other cards like this