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THE PIKACHU ARCHIVE / SPECIMEN P030
Surfing · CoroCoro
- Recorded date / context
- 15 AUG 1997
- Language
- Japanese
- Card type
- TCG promo
- Reverse image
- Shared design reference
Glossy; standard surfing art
History & distribution
September cover-dated CoroCoro insert.
Later mail-in redistribution should not be assigned the magazine announcement day as a mailing day.
Identification & variants
- Glossy; standard surfing art
Understanding the date
15 AUG 1997
Date recorded. Public release / distribution. The date applies to the event described in this record. An announcement, product launch, or award event does not date every individual printing.
Reverse & image provenance
Shared design reference. Shared Japanese old-back design reference. The exact reverse of this individual specimen has not been documented here.
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