Hello Everyone,
The POP 5 Delta Species Holo Mew is fairly well known for its error of the pokeball logo on the back being upside down
I had previously thought that ALL Holo POP 5 Mews had this error, but I recently noticed that one of them in my collection has a normal back. I researched online but I was unable to find any information about the NON error version. The only thing I found was one ebay listing that had one. Does anyone know anything about this non error-version that I have? Is it rarer than the error version?
Thanks
I also feel like the corrected version is rarer than the error one, it seems to be harder to come by.
The corrected version is indeed rarer. For the POP5 the Mew and Pikachu had upside down backs and both go for about 10-20 USD. The corrected versions are quite a bit rarer and go for about 30-60 USD.
Some other cards in the POP5 sets are in very rare occasions also with upside down back, but those are way way rarer with the error than without. I’ve seen the Pelipper once with upside down back, and the Zangoose twice, and I’ve heard about the upside down Ho-Oh and Lugia once (haven’t seen pictures for those, though).
With Pikachu and Mew, I estimate/guess about 90% is with upside down back, and 10% with corrected back. With the other cards mentioned, probably less than 1% with upside down back, 99% with correct back.
These percentages are just guesses based on how often I’ve seen them, though.
Greetz,
Quuador
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