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Originally Posted by AlbinoDragon You can see the pixelated edge of the "inlay" where it was cut and pasted in Photoshop. The rest of the image is higher resolution than that of the inlay. It was cut out of another image (probably magic wand), enlarged to fit the chip and pasted on. If it were legit, you'd see the same pixelated edge of the whole chip. It also looks like the "inlay" was rotated to match the orientation of the chip. The least they could have done was line it up better!  |
Actually this isnt
necessarily true. I'm definitely no chip collecting expert, so I can't really say much about this chip. However, I can say that the pixelated look can in fact happen straight from the factory. Take a look at the custom ASMs I had made. The "pixelation" is actually extra pieces of the clay base that weren't completely removed when the inlay was punched with texture. You can see it best in the 100 and 500 chips in this image of my customs:
http://img441.imageshack.us/my.php?image=asmscanbb8.jpg
Again, that doesn't necessarily mean it ISNT fake... just saying the inlay could look like that and have it still be real. If this were a chip being marketed as used, I would agree that this would be shady looking because all those extra parts of the inlay do flake off with time and use.
