Hoping for some input from the board experts that have come across these in the past. So I have three of these pictured here. My question is, is the King's advertisement back original to the card itself or were the backs somehow applied later after the cards were printed?
If you look closely at the three scans, you'll se the cards have a lot of flaws on the front, such as tears, that don't show up on the backs. Plus, the card stock seems to be different altogether - if you look at the card on the right in the scan of the backs, you'll see that a piece of the back in the upper left corner has chipped away, exposing a very thin layer of the card (the front of the card) that is an entirely different paper stock altogether.
So is this just how these are or what's the story behind these? Thanks in advance for any thoughts you all have!
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