How can you tell if a CPO / Marquee is a NOS or repro?

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How can you tell if a CPO / Marquee is a NOS or repro?

Hello,

There may be an obvious answer but I don't know how to tell the difference between NOS and Reproduction overlays and Marquees.

What are the signs?
 
NOS marquees usually have brown paper or some sort of clear or colored plastic film adhered to the non art side (sometimes both sides)

NOS overlays are trickier, usually have 3M on the back but so do some of the new repros.
 
My guess would be that they are older reproductions. I am pretty sure that a NOS Gauntlet CPO would have die cut holes for the buttons and joysticks.

EDIT: Here is a NOS CPO:

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The question I have, any way to tell if kmk68sin's is screen printed?

I'm pending on the buying, but my original CPO isn't destroyed, just scratched and has some holes. I don't want any inkjet!!
 
Also, I want to know what the heck I'm selling someone...the CPO I'm selling is nice, clear, clean and from the sound of it, it could be an old reproduction versus a current one. I will definitely take closer, better pictures tonight and post them. It's a good way to get to the bottom of this. Thanks for the help everyone!

The question I have, any way to tell if kmk68sin's is screen printed?

I'm pending on the buying, but my original CPO isn't destroyed, just scratched and has some holes. I don't want any inkjet!!
 
The question I have, any way to tell if kmk68sin's is screen printed?

My unprofessional opinion says that it is inkjet. Not a bad looking one, but I would say inkjet nonetheless. I don't have any recollection of a screened reproduction ever made of this. The marquee and the front decal, yes. But not the CPO or sideart.

Look at the eyes of the monster at the top/center. The details of his head and the detail of the four characters are not as crisp as the NOS. Inkjet can't do halftones quite like screen printing.
 
With all that has been said, I would say they are definitely repros. I'm not sure if they are screenprinted or inkjet. They are not as clear as the NOS ones.

$50 + shipping for the pair if anyone wants them.
 
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