Sorry, but this card is not authentic.
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Where do we start? The error version is Caterpie EX
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My brother in christ that card is fake as hell. It’s a rare error because mfer on hour 32 of a 43 hour shift fell asleep at the photocopier.
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To be expected for an 8-year-old. They don’t give them good nap breaks.
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Hey Dee73nsw74, welcome to e4! Unfortunately, this card is fake. As you spend more time on e4, you will be able to quickly tell which cards are real and which ones are fake.
This is a copy of the real version.
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Are you sure that CGC will not grade that as test print in the future?
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Indeed.
AND I believe in directly educating in the case of honest mistakes, so
Features that indicate forgery in this case:
- Font of the Charizard name and attacks is wrong - too skinny
- Spacing of energy symbols is off
- Energy symbols are the wrong style - They look more 3D and might be the OG base set style(?)
- The foil is the wrong style - rainbow foil verse reflective foil + slight prism effect
- Proportions of the border cuts - even if the card is shifted or mis-cut, the inner area does not shrink or grow.
There are other things but these are the big ones for me. Some of these are uncanny recognitions (things you learn after seeing thousands of card examples) while others are measurable, like the borders and placement. 
But this is one reason we’re here, to be and access a source of knowledge within the PkMn community.
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