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View Poll Results: This card has-
Green ink on the borders and the printing 29 39.73%
Doesn't have green ink. 6 8.22%
Has gold ink that has changed colors 25 34.25%
I am not sure. 13 17.81%
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Old 10-10-2012, 10:21 AM
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Green ink in my opinion. Could it just be missing the gold ink?
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personally...i think the gold material placed on the borders of t205's may have had copper in the mixture and over time...handling these cards the oils from the skin can react with copper to turn green.
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I really don't think it was intentionally made to be Green. Some chemical reaction had to have happened for the colors to turn..


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It may be green, but to me it looks like the scan has been altered, because overall the rest of the card doesn't look like natural T205 coloring.

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I agree in that the scan is altered. Either that of it's the "rare" green faced version!

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It may be green, but to me it looks like the scan has been altered, because overall the rest of the card doesn't look like natural T205 coloring.

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I was thinking the same thing...something looks off in the picture. Definitely looks green from the scan though.
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Green ink in my opinion. Could it just be missing the gold ink?
That's what happened Jason.
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Color enhanced image so it's hard to tell.

The metal could turn greenish (See Statue of Liberty), but not green like that.

If I had to guess, I'd guess ink. Metal-free T205s are seen from time to time, but it's usually yellow underneath not green. My guess is they used yellow to match the then shiny penny metal.

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I should have the card in hand in a few days. At that time I will make a different scan, definitely not enhanced (not sure this one is but could be) and we can compare. I think it's green ink but it could be something else. For those that don't see the green, I thought only "I" was color blind .
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A lot of 58 green border cards sold for just over $2,000 in an REA auction a year or so ago. The cards in that lot looked different from this one. They were badly faded and most were hand cut.

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Collecting cards, memorabilia and antiques involves coming across things you haven't seen before.
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As has been pointed out, the seller didn't adjust his colors right when he scanned the card. There's too much green in the whole image, so when you get it, the borders are probably going to look a little different.
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My guess is it's green, just not as bright as in the scan. It certainly isn't yellow.
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