100XMR CRACKED! Once swept, I will be posting private keys (both in their initial state and existing state) along with the methods used to access wallet. Thank you to everyone and most of all, Smoothie, who spent plenty of time creating analytical comparisons and going back and forth in DMs constructively debating potential solutions and sure enough his Z on the middle row was a letter I had never tried which proved to be the missing piece along with his other spot-on predictions (crazy considering he only had zoomed in photos whereas I had professional equipment and couldn't get the correct results /fail).
I can either start a separate thread on the entire process or continue this thread, any preferences? This was quite the process and I probably learned the hard way by switching up methods throughout but hopefully can add to Owlcatz educational post for any future sweepers.
Hey bud, that's great, whew!!
Anyhow, I think it would be cool if you posted here as my post is just piggy-backing at the end of smoothies' original brass 5xmr coin post I believe. I've wanted to make a new thread about it, but haven't had time yet, so can update/include anything (including all these posts and images etc LOL)
That may/will help reassure people peeling the future "ancients" is safe.
I have to wonder what you both/either think might have occurred here, any ideas, just curious? Thanks a lot for helping out @smoothie , I knew you guys would get it but I worry this may worry other collectors if it has affected other coins (I assume)? So I think it'd be fine to have it out here... Smoothie, do you get issues like this frequently, not often, or just once in agreat while? Excuse my somewhat intrusive questions, but you know i'm a collector and it troubles me too and I'm just very curious what you think happened here, and if it may affect other coins as well.

You are the damn master, ya know!?
Thanks all, and happy to have helped in any way, even with the first post I made years ago!