T205 Green Border cards- redux

[drc]

My guess is it's green, just not as bright as in the scan. It certainly isn't yellow.

[packs]

The REA green border lot breaks down to about 35 bucks a card and included major HOFers like Cy Young and Walter Johnson. Good buy for the person who got it.

[marcdelpercio]

I believe that the gold ink contains traces of copper which can oxidize and turn green when in the presence of other chemicals. A lot of these cards were probably exposed to various glues and pastes as well as water and who knows what other chemicals if they were ever removed from a scrapbook, etc.

I don't think that the borders without gold ink would be green. I assume they would be white as can be seen on a number of the minor league cards that have off centered ink registrations on the borders.

[Wite3]

Well...most t205s have white or yellow under the gold border. I own several green bordered t205s and often I feel that the gold has turned (but sometimes I am just not sure). Many of these are in awful condition. Oxidation can turn the metal to green if it has traces of copper.

I am still not sure what happened with these. Other than running a chemical test on the two inks to see if they are the same except one is oxidized (rusted) we may never know.

Joshua

[Exhibitman]

Oxidation and wear are my bets. Does anyone have a sharp, clean T205 green bordered card to share?

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Oxidation and wear are my bets. Does anyone have a sharp, clean T205 green bordered card to share?

Adam they don't exist in that condition. I think a few sheets missed the gold border pass and were trashed and some were saved and cut. Most of the "True" green borders we see today are in really rough shape, missing the entire gold pass(not the ones with wear or light passes), and have hand cut characteristics. I do think these are real 205 printer scraps.

[ullmandds]

So how would y'all categorize this card?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ira-Thomas-1...70917667560%26