Did PSA grade a fake card?

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I have purchased 2 base set energy cards from an auction listing from eBay (Australia). Listed as unlimited energy base set.

My issue is that it’s labelled as a base set 4th edition but the card has a 1st edition stamp. It doesn’t make sense to me due to the copyright dates not aligning to what I have read and seen on other listings.

The slab doesn’t look like it’s been tampered with and when I compare it to my other slabs I see no difference. When I scan the card with the PSA app, the data is correct. So I’m not sure if it’s a good fake slab or PSA mistakenly graded a fake card.

I haven’t contacted the seller yet as I want to make sure that I’m correct. I’m also conflicted that if it’s indeed fake, should I just accept the loss (total was $50 AUD) instead of making a return so it doesn’t get relisted.

It’s my first time posting so I hope I put it in the right category. Any help is much appreciated.

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My guess is that these are foreign language (ie. not English) energies.

That explains the 1st ed stamp and the copyright date:

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Bingo! PSA just mislabeled what are really foreign 1st base energies

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Thank you for that info.
Does that mean PSA mislabelled the card?
What would the best course of action be?

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Seconding @pfm.
I’m guessing it is a base Chinese energy.

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You can ship it in (at your expense) and they will correct the label for free

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Since you live in Australia, the best course of action is to do nothing since doing anything will be so expensive with shipping.

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I’m glad to see they took the time to look-over the whole card, not see the 1st ed stamp and say, “Ah, 1st ed. Checks out.”

Good question, @bosnaben! It’s a simple answer, I think, but nice to see these kinds of fringe-case posts. :grin:

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PFM is correct. It’s either a Korean or Chinese 1st edition Base Set Energy, which are indistinguishable from one another as far as I know.

Greetz,
Quuador

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