Counterfeit Guide
Nirvana — Nevermind
DGC DGC-24425
Last updated June 4, 2026
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The genuine US first pressing carries the DGC catalogue number DGC-24425 on a black label with the DGC logo top centre and Geffen credits in fine grey type around the perimeter. Early copies were pressed without the underwater baby's penis airbrushed out, and the gatefold-style single sleeve uses heavyweight board with a clean four-colour image of the swimming infant chasing a dollar bill on a fishhook.
Matrix / Runout
Runout reads DGC-24425-A / DGC-24425-B with stamped machine codes; many genuine US copies were pressed at Specialty and show a 'SP' or pressing-plant delta in the dead wax.
3 Tells That Reveal a Fake
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Counterfeits print the pool-blue cover too dark and oversaturated, so the dollar bill and the baby's skin tone shift towards a muddy cyan that genuine DGC copies never show.
- 2
Fakes use a glued single-pocket sleeve with a thin, papery spine; the original is a sturdy printed jacket with crisp registration on the small Geffen and DGC logos on the back.
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Bogus inner sleeves omit the correct DGC catalogue text and the lyric/credit printing is fuzzy, whereas originals have a black die-cut printed inner with sharp white type.
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