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Hi all,

Is anyone aware of any fake 85 Donruss out there.

I just picked up a aset on FB marketplace,and I;m about halfway through looking through them, and noticed some cards that are sticking out larger than others. So far a Gooden, Saberhagen, Ripken, and now came across a Clemens. Seemed odd to me that these are the only ones miscut.

Can't quite tell if card stock is thinner.

Any info ould be great.

I can't say yes or no on fake '85 Donruss cards. But I do know that lots of early-80's MLB cards from Donruss (and Fleer) were not cut to the same sizes. I have many examples of cards in my Cardinals collection that are not the same size. I have no reason to believe them to be fake. Why would someone fake cards of a relative nobody? I have many cards of the players that only STL fans would recognize.

Possible that someone had a sheet and cut it down poorly.   Yes, why counterfeit an '85 Donruss.

That's what I figured, just wanted to see if anyone had ever heard of it.

I *think* the larger ones were from packs and the smaller ones were from a factory set.  When I picked up a few of the error cards to finish of my master set, they were just slightly larger than the factory set versions I had.

1982 was nortorious for Donruss miscuts. What I think the company did was instead of tossing them in garbage they put them with other packs (slow sellers or overstock?) in these bags, about 25 packs per bag, and sold them for a dollar or two. I know because I cleaned out my local 5-10 and have a bunch. Topps did it to with early 80's Star Wars cards, 1981-82 Hockey cards and 81 Topps Football. I had two dozen Montana's at one time. I'll never see that happen in my lifetime again.