Did I buy a fake CGC book 0

[tomborage]

I recently bought a CGC 5.5 Batman #99 off eBay. I couldn't help notice how badly degraded the label looked (looks like it's been left in the sun for too long). Then I noticed how the top label was slightly ripped off. I then started to doubt the book inside the slab was a 5.5. I think it looked like a 4.5 but I don't know. I did check the barcode, which showed me that it was graded in 2015 so I assume the label lost a bit of its vibrancy over the years. The slab is intact but when I compared to my other 2019 CGC slab this one just felt more 'fake' even though I know there's a 4 year difference in slab technology and labels. What do you guys think?

[theCapraAegagrus]

No.

CGC stickers with a grade below 9.9/Mint or 10/Gem Mint, back then, were printed in gray.

[Krismusic]

no I dont think its a fake... 

the newer slabs are different from the older ones. 

I have a few with the top label kind of off like yours its just from handling etc... its normal for those types of slabs.

Your good! 

[Avi]

Its a fake! BUT I'll take it off your hands for 50$

Edited January 8, 2020 by Avi

[oldmilwaukee6er]

Safe. 

[Corpse]

Looks good to me. I have many from that generation of slab (9.6 or 9.8, modern, bronze, and even silver) all legit. The slab gen before that is even more notorious for the peeling labels on top.

Nice book BTW!

[Keys_Collector]