thoughts on how prevalant fake t205 cards are?

whelenfan · #1 11-03-2014, 09:45 AM

so t205 card had copper pigment in the ink?! Wow. That is excellent info, is that what makes it easy to tell when the border has been recolored?

drcy · #2 11-03-2014, 11:12 PM

The T205s are gilded in copper, meaning the borders have copper flakes pasted to them. The printers put glue on the borders then dusted them in tiny copper flakes. The borders originally were shiny as a new penny but have tarnished with age, sometimes turning greenish.

whelenfan · #3 11-05-2014, 02:25 PM

so that's why some people describe auctions as having "rare green borders"! very interesting indeed!

drcy · #4 11-05-2014, 04:07 PM

It's funny that a collector would give a premium to a T205 with borders tarnished to green. That's on the order of thinking a T206 should get a premium because the stock has a discolorizing fungus or the printing has faded. But we're talking Pre-War baseball card collectors here, so allowances are made

At the weekend card show in Seattle some of us (including some who were avid T206 collectors!) were joking about how things that would be considered a major defect on any other issue (factory miscut, wet sheet ink residue, bad color registration) gives a premium to T206s.

whelenfan · #5 11-05-2014, 04:47 PM

interesting. I think that I will stick to collecting what I like (mostly poor - vg) in whatever back that I can afford/find! I find that I am more attracted to the national leaguers and I very much like the minor league subset.

Econteachert205 · #6 11-05-2014, 04:51 PM

Ahh copper, makes more sense in retrospect.

drcy · #7 11-05-2014, 05:00 PM

Just remember that gold doesn't tarnish. One of the easiest ways to identify gold on an antique.

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