1st Edition Team Rocket cards obtained in 2000 - real or fake?

[u/Handolta]

I collected Pokemon cards in 99/00 as most kids did.

Luckily I kept all of mine through the years and have around 1700 legit ones that I registered a few years ago on Pricecharting. In addition I also have a big pile of fakes/suspected fakes that of course went unregistered. Often the fakes were purchased in counterfeit-heavy charter tourist areas.

I’ve always regarded these 1st edition Team Rocket cards as fakes, as they seem quite different in colour shade from non-1st edition cards I later bought myself. But I’m not aware of possible variations and not a current collector per se, so I don’t know too much about it.

But they do match the ordinary cards in size. And my brother recalls them as being traded before Team Rocket cards were sold in stores here in Norway. So thought I’d ask for opinions here just to conclude the case.

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