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THE PIKACHU ARCHIVE / SPECIMEN P049
Everyone’s Happy Campaign
- Recorded date / context
- 1998-11-15 · ANNOUNCEMENT
- Language
- Japanese
- Card type
- TCG distribution
- Reverse image
- Shared design reference
Mail-in Flying + Surfing redistribution; announcement ≠ delivery.
History & distribution
December CoroCoro announced another four-card mail-in prize campaign for 2,000 winners.
Sources may catalog receipt in 1999; announcement and actual delivery are different events.
Identification & variants
- Glossy Surfing Pikachu reissue
- Glossy Flying Pikachu reissue
Understanding the date
1998-11-15 · ANNOUNCEMENT
Announcement. Distribution event · may reuse an existing print. 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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Sources & further reading
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