That's weird, so you read out the JVC in reverse and that's what set off a "red flag" to you even though it was a pressed disc with factory labeling. I figured the front was somehow rubbed off from poor handling/care or something given the unusual material the CD was coated with and you read it from that side - wonder if that would show through.
But anyway, no, Cosmic Fantasy 2 was never targeted for bootlegging/unlicensed reprinting. Not yet anyway and the attempts to fake originals were really limited to Sapphire - Tobias' other stuff was CD-R which is obvious (Space Fantasy Zone) and taking Bonknuts' NES2PCE fan "hackulation" work for Rockman/Megaman and pressing factory CDs with it. Most of his future pressed stuff thereafter was branded with "PCE Works" using custom labeling/artwork with no attempts to deceive/fake originality/authenticity.
In short, you only mainly have to worry about the fakeness of a Sapphire CD.
I bought Lunar 2 the same way, off the WD website. Wish I had bought more stuff from them but I couldn't have afforded it at the time.
I called them up to buy Parasol Stars for $9.99. They still had new copies of CF2 at the time for $29.99, but I had already bought a used copy for less (
as I'm OCD and take care of my stuff, I regret not getting it new though). It's too bad, I remember she told me localization work on CF4 started, I had asked about new projects, but they had to quit given the Turbo Duo was dying in the US right about then. Can't remember where I bought Cadash, but I got that used also, likely from the ads in the back of gaming magazines. Exile 1 & 2 I know I bought from Turbo Zone Direct nice and new!