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I was looking through the T206 scans today because I've picked up an Al Bridwell. And I don't want to be too cynical, but many of the scans sure look like reprints. They're near mint, perfect centering, clean. I kept hitting the "next" button. Got to Mordecai Brown. Perfect! 105 year old cards without a mark! 

And I don't believe they're originals for a second. In a sense, it doesn't matter, I guess, because the scan shows what the card looks like, but still...

Thoughts? Am I just wrong? Does it just not matter? I confess, it bugged me. Bad enough that I can't trust what I'm buying, but here?....

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 I agree with you.  Reprints should not be scanned as original.  

Yes...and no. Yes, I prefer originals. But, as you also mentioned, the purpose of images is to show what the cards look (or looked) like. And as long as they are EXACT replicas, I won't get too upset. But too many reprints have whiter cardstock and brighter colors than the originals ever had.

Why? At least doesn't the scanner note that it is a reprint scan and not an original scan.  We should be helping each other not deceiving each other....?????

Several years back, I was looking at some tobacco cards on the site.  Condition was great and most were inputted by the same person.  So I said to him in an email, "wow, that is some collection you have there".  He replied that they weren't his cards, he was merely grabbing them from other sites and inputting them here.  Not even reprints.  So I ask everyone "what's the point"?

Aha! Never thought of that. I always wondered what the deal was when I saw that the cards scanned weren't in the person's collection. Thanks! 

I agree with C2C, the purpose of the scan is to show what the card looks like. Who cares whether the person who uploaded it owns it or not? It is SO HELPFUL to see what cards looks like if you're trying to identify a card. That's the--or one of the--big points of having this site.

Not always...I have scanned a boat load not listed here in my collection. I only keep track of my Tigers here. I have complete sets that I don't track. Soon I will be moving my tradeables over here from Beckett, but have decided to scan first before adding en mass. As for the reprints. In some cases it is necessary to fullfill the sites goal...a total archive of all cards.  

I'm not overly put out by this, but if the site's goal is scans of every card, there are minor differences in originals and reprints. As noted above, the reprints tend to be on brighter stock. It's not a scan of every card if the same card scan can be used for 1911 cards as for the 1988 reprint set. If that was the case, might as well combine the complete set listings. "1988 and 1911 T206 checklist." 

If the point is just to let people see what a card looks like, then reprints are fine. Anyway, they might be "scans" imported from another site, as discussed. 

Again, I don't care a lot, but the purist in me is bothered. Especially because the site gives "credit" to the scanner.