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Fake Finding Nemo pins?

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Fake Finding Nemo pins?

Ammonite

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I'm still relatively new to pin trading but can't believe how many fake pins I've already found! 3 of the 4 pins I traded for with CMs at DLP turned out to be scrapers...
I have bought 2 of pin PP#76530 (Mine! Mine! Mine!) now (from eBay...) and I think both are fake! I Would welcome a second opinion, though. They both say DISNE/PIXAR rather than DISNEY/PIXAR on the back.
 
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I've bought pins IN the parks before that have had questionable backs. (One is completely missing the "Pin Trading" banner across the seal stamp on the back). It could just be the result of poor manufacturing quality control.
Also, not sure how cost effective it would be for someone to make a fake pin with the Free-D. The profit margin just wouldn't be comparable to pins that are just one flat piece of metal with nothing special to them.

But then again, you never know - but nothing looks questionable to me apart from that missing Y.
 
I have a UK Dory that was either scrapped or they forgot to paint it. She is mostly gold, except her fins are painted. I kept it though. It's kind of cool and Jim has had people that wanted to trade him for it. It does not state PP or AP.
 
I think the pins could be real. One of the big things I look for in a Micky stamped back is a border along the edge and it doesn't have it so...it's anyone's guess.
 
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