This a superior counterfeit pressing that can pass for the real thing save for a few details.
The label is potmarked. It appears to have irregular craters on both sdies. Also, the pirate exhibits bleeding of the ink on the Sie
Liebt Dich side (lower left image) of the BEA in DIE BEATLES.
When compared to the hand-etched information in the dead wax of a legitimate 4182 promo copy (lower right image), the
distance between the two markings is shorter on the pirate. An angular measurement can be used to confirm the distance, also.
On the legitimate Sie Liebt Dich side, the angular distance between the "U" in Virtue Studio and the "4" in S-4182-S is
close to 90 degrees while the pirate measures in at degrees. Or, the angle between the S following the 4182 and the V in Virtue
is about 60 degrees. The distance between the same two markings on the A side of the pirate is less than 30 degrees. The I'll Get
You side of the counterfeit pressing has an angular measurement less than 15 degrees while the legitimate is at an angle of nearly
90 degrees.
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