Interesting card and thread Todd. The color difference where the numbers were would be a big concern for sure, imo the money difference between his M101-4 and m101-5 is huge and the temptation to alter would make a lot of sense. The matte finish also bothers me as I have never seen one like that, Leons reply in another thread had me wondering about soaking these. I have never tried it so no idea on what would happen. I also know others will soak cards in chemicals and have great success removing stuff. It makes me wonder if it could lose the gloss in a chemical bath, I dont know but seems possible to me.
I think its a cool card and at what you paid well worth keeping in your collection. I do think it warrants letting experts look at it, I personally would not attach much more value to it than you paid as I think it has two big red flags.
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