Turns out all these years I've had a fake card - Farfetch'd

[Adamina]

It's a version of Base Set (2) Farfetch'd, except covered in a layer of holographic material (like used for normal holos, except all over). I really don't know why I didn't suspect it of being a fake before - I've seen no other card with such holographicness. I've had it for years though (I got it when Pokemon cards were still pretty new), and just assumed it had been a promo with something, or maybe given out with a Happy Meal (did they even give out cards with Happy Meals?).

It's not even a good fake, not at all, once you think about it. For a start, it is about 2mm thinner and 1mm shorter than a legitimate card (I did wonder about this, but assumed that it was a deliberate thing to stop the 'promo' card being used in competitions). It has a holographicness is like no other. The colours on the back are less saturated, the border is thicker on the top and bottom. And I must admit, looking at it now, it looks home printed.

But seeing as all I had to trade in primary school (before the cards were banned) were Digletts (more or less), I was probably very glad to get any sort of card in trade, nevermind an OMGSHINY!!!

Has any one else seen anything like it?

 

[donavannj]

I have a Grimer from the Fossil set very similar to this one. The Grimer actually turned out to be a sticker.

I think there's high chance, based on your description, that it's actually a sticker.

 

[pmarckoue]

I remember having some of those stickers. It does look like one, maybe try taking it off, if it doesn't come off, it's a fake anyways, so no harm done lol

 

[PetalDanceD]

Yeah I had one of them, Can't remember who the pokemon was but i remember i had one

 

[Adamina]

Oh, turns out it is a sticker! Well well, who'd thought it? Where were these stickers from, anyway?

 

[donavannj]

I have no idea what they were from. I doubt they were actually anything official, though.

 

[Killjoy]

I had one of those when I was younger, forget what it was though. I seem to remember sticking it to my bed lol