AUTHENTICITY HMs - which ones are real/fake? (pics)

[trudms06]

I have looked through my HM pins and discovered that some of them have slight differences on the back compared to other pins in same series.

Are anyone able to tell/confirm if any of my pins are counterfeit?

Princess frames - Belle has a more raised backstamp than the other two. Also, Jasmine has two nubs, while Cinderella only has one nub.

Wanted posters- Jafar has a more raised backstamp

Three Caballeros - José has more defined lines on front and raised backstamp

The pins below I only have one from each series. Can anyone tell if any are bad?

Any help is much appreciated!! 🙂 The pics are downscaled, but hopefully still clear.


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[LadyBarclay]

Hi! I can't say about the backs, but one thing I've learned to look for on Hidden Mickeys is the shape of the Mickey icon. Some fakes will have what I think of as a "squished" looking icon, like you took a mickey head cookie cutter to some dough, but then flattened out the shape with your hand. Take a look at your Belle frame and your Jafar wanted, for example, and compare them to the others. Those two look like definite fakes to me, from what I can see in the pictures.

 

[trudms06]

OK, thanks for the tip! I will take a closer look at the Mickey shape and compare!

 

[bm345]

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[trudms06]

Anyone else with any thoughts? 🙂 Does anyone have these pins and are able to spot any differences? Can the nubs be different as seen in the first picture? (Jasmine vs. Cinderella)

Any help or comments are highly appreciated. I am considering parting with my US Hidden Mickeys (unable to keep up), and want to be as sure as I can be that I don't offer any scrappers or counterfeits.

 

[caroline23]

Not all real Disney pins have two prongs on the back. Some have one or none. But the fact that you have two pins in a set that have two prongs on the back (Jasmine and Belle) while Cinderella just has one, makes me think the Cinderella is a scrapper. Also, the Cinderella pin has kind of a point at the heart at the bottom, where the other two are more rounded out. That also makes me think it is a scrapper because no real Disney pin has sharp, or close to sharp, edges. Real pins are more rounded out.