Which Poliwhirl do you have?

Same name, 33× the price: $1.23 to $41 raw. The difference is printed on the card — it is just not somewhere most people think to look.

Base Set 1st Edition · #38 A black 1st Edition stamp below the left of the illustration. These are also shadowless - the stamp is the thing to look for first. $35 16% gem Base Set Shadowless · #38 No stamp, and no drop shadow down the right edge of the illustration frame. The card looks flatter and slightly paler than the common printing. $4.96 18% gem Base Set Unlimited · #38 A drop shadow down the right edge of the illustration frame. This is the common printing - most Base Set cards people own are this one. $1.81 18% gem Base Set 2 · #57 A set symbol in the lower right of the illustration. The 1999 Base Set printings have no set symbol at all, so its presence settles it immediately. $2.55 21% gem Pokemon Card 151 · #176 Check the set symbol in the lower right of the illustration, and the copyright year along the bottom edge. Those two identify the print run on every card that has them. $41 30% gem Skyridge · #88 Check the set symbol in the lower right of the illustration, and the copyright year along the bottom edge. Those two identify the print run on every card that has them. $26 48% gem Pokemon Card 151 Japanese · #176 Check the set symbol in the lower right of the illustration, and the copyright year along the bottom edge. Those two identify the print run on every card that has them. $25 85% gem Expedition · #89 Check the set symbol in the lower right of the illustration, and the copyright year along the bottom edge. Those two identify the print run on every card that has them. $23 27% gem Neo Discovery 1st Edition · #44 Check the set symbol in the lower right of the illustration, and the copyright year along the bottom edge. Those two identify the print run on every card that has them. $9.37 27% gem Unleashed · #37 Check the set symbol in the lower right of the illustration, and the copyright year along the bottom edge. Those two identify the print run on every card that has them. $4.30 29% gem Legends Awakened · #115 Check the set symbol in the lower right of the illustration, and the copyright year along the bottom edge. Those two identify the print run on every card that has them. $3.63 <0.1% gem Strength Expansion Pack Sun & Moon · #012 Check the set symbol in the lower right of the illustration, and the copyright year along the bottom edge. Those two identify the print run on every card that has them. $2.99 60% gem Expansion Pack · #061 Check the set symbol in the lower right of the illustration, and the copyright year along the bottom edge. Those two identify the print run on every card that has them. $2.98 29% gem Collection Moon · #010 Check the set symbol in the lower right of the illustration, and the copyright year along the bottom edge. Those two identify the print run on every card that has them. $2.74 <0.1% gem Unseen Forces · #68 Check the set symbol in the lower right of the illustration, and the copyright year along the bottom edge. Those two identify the print run on every card that has them. $2.61 30% gem Neo Discovery · #44 Check the set symbol in the lower right of the illustration, and the copyright year along the bottom edge. Those two identify the print run on every card that has them. $2.39 14% gem Time Gazer · #012 Check the set symbol in the lower right of the illustration, and the copyright year along the bottom edge. Those two identify the print run on every card that has them. $1.99 67% gem Mask of Change · #024 Check the set symbol in the lower right of the illustration, and the copyright year along the bottom edge. Those two identify the print run on every card that has them. $1.99 100% gem Pokemon Card 151 · #061 Check the set symbol in the lower right of the illustration, and the copyright year along the bottom edge. Those two identify the print run on every card that has them. $1.89 25% gem Unbroken Bonds · #38 Check the set symbol in the lower right of the illustration, and the copyright year along the bottom edge. Those two identify the print run on every card that has them. $1.85 <0.1% gem Crossing the Ruins... · #061 Check the set symbol in the lower right of the illustration, and the copyright year along the bottom edge. Those two identify the print run on every card that has them. $1.78 26% gem Fire Red Leaf Green · #46 Check the set symbol in the lower right of the illustration, and the copyright year along the bottom edge. Those two identify the print run on every card that has them. $1.78 25% gem Double Blaze · #022 Check the set symbol in the lower right of the illustration, and the copyright year along the bottom edge. Those two identify the print run on every card that has them. $1.70 67% gem Sun & Moon · #31 Check the set symbol in the lower right of the illustration, and the copyright year along the bottom edge. Those two identify the print run on every card that has them. $1.58 33% gem Twilight Masquerade · #042 Check the set symbol in the lower right of the illustration, and the copyright year along the bottom edge. Those two identify the print run on every card that has them. $1.44 20% gem Evolutions · #24 Check the set symbol in the lower right of the illustration, and the copyright year along the bottom edge. Those two identify the print run on every card that has them. $1.43 21% gem Furious Fists · #16 Check the set symbol in the lower right of the illustration, and the copyright year along the bottom edge. Those two identify the print run on every card that has them. $1.41 <0.1% gem Lost Origin · #031 Check the set symbol in the lower right of the illustration, and the copyright year along the bottom edge. Those two identify the print run on every card that has them. $1.33 100% gem Pokemon Card 151 Japanese · #061 Check the set symbol in the lower right of the illustration, and the copyright year along the bottom edge. Those two identify the print run on every card that has them. $1.23 71% gem Cry From The Mysterious · #018 Check the set symbol in the lower right of the illustration, and the copyright year along the bottom edge. Those two identify the print run on every card that has them. — no PSA data

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