Thanks, I didn't realize there might be some old threads on that topic. I'll see if I can find them. As for the border color fading, it doesn't look like this is a case of the gold border having faded. The gold had a rather distinctive, raised feel to it from the paint. This border is very smooth, just like any other color printed on the card itself. As I said, it seems like there was never any gold applied to it all, or you would think there should have been some small residual evidence of the gold having been there at one time at least. I'll see if I can post once I have it in hand. Thanks.
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