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I foresee QR codes being on all baseball cards in the next 3 or 4 years. If Topps and other card companies utilize this technology intelligently, it will be a great way to fight fakes and forgeries. Topps should place them, at minimum, on all patch cards. When you scan the QR code through a smartphone app, it should bring up a picture of that exact card so you can prove what it looked like when it was packed out. If you run across a patch without a QR code on the back? You know it's a forgery. That would almost immediately shut down all of these fake patches that are showing up, as it's gotten to the point that I suspect ANY cool patch as being fake and won't buy it. It will be costly and time consuming for Topps, but is a must if they are serious about fighting on the side of collectors against forgeries.

Thoughts? Any other ideas as to how technology could be utilized in the future?