Michael Jordan RC - real or fake

[azdbacks1998]

Hey all, I found this MJ "rookie" card at a swap meet a couple years ago and just ran across it the other day going thru my cards. I remember paying something silly like $1 for it, as it was floating around in a metal tin with other misc. basketball cards. I new right away that this is the holy grail of basketball cards so it caught my attention right away....but also had my doubts..like any of us would. But for a buck, I got it and just forgot about it I guess...not believing it was real anyways.

Well, since I've found this site a few weeks ago and i happen to run across the card again, I thought I'd show it to see what you guys think. I realize the pics are a bit blurry, and I can take better ones if it'll help in determining its authenticity....or maybe one of you can look at it and know right away that its a fake.

Here she is:




So.... real or fake?...........and why?

Thx!

[key2win]

Its hard to tell from the scans since it looks fuzzy. But Im guessing it is a fake or a reprint. They had a good article in one of the past Basketball Becketts that highlighted all points you need to look at to spot a fake MJ Fleer RC. Im not sure what issue that was though.

[ac-n-mike]

sadly it's fake

the FLAG on the PREMIER is the wrong color

and the (r) being out of the red is a HUGE give away on the bottom of the copyright (back of card)

[moosejaw00]

Here's an article on how to spot fake ones.