If selected, the individual won the chance to purchase a card for 216,000 yen - roughly $2,081/£1,700 at the time. Japanese jeweller Ginza Tanaka was tapped to produce a limited number of the precious metal cards, which the public could snag by entering a lottery. The back of the card carries the Pocket Monsters Card Game logo that did not make it overseas and was created to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Pokémon TCG in 2016. This ‘Fat Pikachu’ design has fallen out of favour thanks to the ubiquity of the anime’s version of the electric mouse, but the chubby design by Atsuko Nishida remains popular among collectors and longtime fans. Beyond its strange composition, the card boasts the Pikachu art that accompanied the original Japanese release of the trading card game.
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