From: Brian Brokaw To: by way of The PoJo Subject: Re: chris 1st edition FAKES! Date: Monday, September 06, 1999 10:38 PM From: by way of The PoJo To: brokaw@thepojo.com Date: Monday, August 30, 1999 8:25 AM Subject: chris 1st edition FAKES! >if you look at a BASIC card that says 1st edition on it look at the bottem . >it ethier says (the last number) 98 or 99 . if you see a 1st edition card it >says 99 at the bottem but on few cards it says 98 wich means they are older >than the 1st edition ones but the 98s are NOT 1st edition. > > Chris P.S. if you have any questions e-mail me at >SBthompson@AOL.com Hi Chris. These cards without the '99 are not older. Wizards INTENTIONALLY stopped printing the '99 on them. I'm not sure why they did this, but they describe it in their COUNTERFEIT card alert on their official site: http://www.wizards.com/Pokemon Check it out. Brian Brokaw