JAKE # 4199 -- 1997  --- Iconic Initial Issue ---New  --- MWMT ---Mfg. Oddity---  Initial Issue PE 1st Edition – Multiple Tag Rarities

A More Common Jake is Featured at number 25 0n the  41 Most Valuable Beanie Babies Worth Money (2023) - Parade: Entertainment, Recipes, Health, Life, Holidays with the following Bottom Line

"Jake the mallard duck was introduced in May of 1998 and can be worth a surprising amount. According to Ty Collector.com, some Jake's on the market featured Chinese factory markings—numbers like 401, 402, 433, and 484 despite them the official Jack style number being #4199. Jake has sold for as much as $16,000 in recent years."

Without an existing identical listing to compare it to: Knowing that exclusivity and uniqueness of a limited stock item always attach a premium to its value. And that Beanie Babies with errors can be much more valuable than ones with perfectly printed tags.

Makes This MINT Initial Issue 1997 JAKE WITH a Mfg. Oddity and Multiple Tag Rarities a Serious Collectors Item whose Future Selling Price will only continue to Rise!

• ULTRA RARE  Original Owner / Icconic Initial Issue / Mint Condition
• ULTRA RARE Mfg. Oddity Initial Issue Most Valuable PE 1st Edition (No Stamp or Chinese number on inside of Tush Tag ( Means 1st Made before being Mass Produced See Photo # 5 Above )
• ULTRA RARE No Style Number on Swing Tag
• ULTRA RARE Alpha Numeric Birthdate ( An actual Day Month and Year spelled out as April 16 1997  See Photo # 2 Above )
• ULTRA RARE  1997 Birth date on Swing Tag 1998 on Tush Tag
• ULTRA RARE Most valuable, Farem,Hants PO15 5TX Origin
• ULTRA  RARE Improper comma after 3rd Quack in Swing Tag poem
• ULTRA RARE Xtra space between play and the ! in the Swing Tags Poem
• ULTRA RARE Oakbrook Misspelled on both Tags Should be Oak Brook
• ULTRA RARE 1998 TYINC., on tush tag all CAPS
• ULTRA RARE The comma after INC., on the tush tag should not be there
• Environ Safe PE Pellets
• REG. NO PA.1965 (KR)  Designations on the Tush Tag

Original Owner!! This Fabulous Collector’s item was stored from the day of purchase & was NEVER played with or mishandled. Investment Quality! And to help ensure its INCREASING Future Selling Price this Jake comes with both plastic Swing and Tush Tag protectors!