The mysterious T205 cards with GREEN borders....show or tell us of your green T205's

[Wite3]

Okay...was able to get my hands on a few of my greenies...there is no back pattern, I was completely wrong on that one...but I am starting to see a different pattern. All my green cards (including my Tinker) are green or teal (greenish blue) backgrounds. Below is a scan of five of my green borders and their backs with a gold border companion for comparison. My scanner is not great but you should be able to tell the difference (esp. on the Pelty and Scott) as they are very green in person and do not have the reflection or shine of the normal gold. Also, note that the gold basepaths are green on the AL cards as well. Note the Pelty, especially as you can see the printed green bleed into the white at the basepaths. Also I choose the Dooin and the Kroh because you can see the yellow of the border underneath the green border. I think they were actually printed green for some reason. Maybe test runs? Maybe cost saving at the end of the runs? who knows....

Joshua

[Econteachert205]

Joshua, I have owned a few green ones in the past and might have a few now. I notice they still have the trademark border chipping as the gold ones do. When I had a green one early on I was doubtful of, because I didn't know enough about the set, I chipped off a bit and still found the flake had a metallic look underneath, for what it's worth.