*T206 Thread Alert* Ever seen a Sovereign Back This Dark?

[fduran27]

Luke - It is fake... you should send to me for guidance..

[Luke]

Haha!

I saw the back first and that was my first thought. But when I turned it over, it was obviously real. Thanks for the posts guys. I guess I knew it was over-inked or possibly double stamped, but I've just never seen one quite this extreme. The Dubuc looks very similar.

[fduran27]

Originally Posted by Luke

Haha!

I saw the back first and that was my first thought. But when I turned it over, it was obviously real. Thanks for the posts guys. I guess I knew it was over-inked or possibly double stamped, but I've just never seen one quite this extreme. The Dubuc looks very similar.

You are wrong! It is fake... you have my address

[The Nasty Nati]

It's still a cool back though Luke. Not very often do you find backs with the ink that sharp/heavy.

[MVSNYC]

Cool card, Luke.

When looking for certain backs, I always search for dark, bold exanples. Besides looking cool, they're also rather rare, as most cards have slightly faded or worn ink, or just weren't printed that bold. I'll post my Uzit tonight.

[tedzan]

There is no cause for alarm over that Campbell card. Here are 2 of several cards in my all--SOVEREIGN set that were printed with a deeper GREEN ink.
I can tell you, after seeing 1000's of SOVEREIGN cards while putting together my all--SOVEREIGN set, there is a varying intensity of green in the cards
of the 350-only series. However, I have not seen this effect in the 150 series cards, nor the 460-only series cards.

Irv Young .................................... Purtell
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[The Nasty Nati]

It is interesting that only the Sovereign 350s come in forest green, normal green, and this dark green.

Just for fun sake, if we declared the dark green Sovereign as its own variation, would it be rarer than the forest green version?

Originally Posted by tedzan

There is no cause for alarm over that Campbell card. Here is one of several cards in my all--SOVEREIGN set that were printed with a deeper GREEN ink.
I can tell you, after seeing 1000's of SOVEREIGN cards while putting together my all--SOVEREIGN set, there is a varying intensity of green in the cards
of the 350-only series. However, I have not seen this effect in the 150 series cards, nor the 460-only series cards.


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TED Z
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[MVSNYC]

Bold Uzit, as promised...

[Bridwell]

I too believe your card is authentic. It is interesting that some T206's seem to have deeper colors than others.

For example, have you noticed how Cobb green background portraits sometimes have darker green backgrounds? Here's are 2 scans from REA's website: