Posted By:
Ted ZanidakisHey Guys.....let's EXAMINE this card closely.....the FRONT is printed like none of the T206 fronts.
And, read the bottom line on the BACK......it has a unique Factory #33 North Carolina (N.C.)......
none of the 524 cards in the T206 set have this Fac.#. The only backs in the T206 set that have
a N.C. 4th Dist. Factory are the American Beauty 460, Sweet Caporal 460/42 and Piedmont 460/42
cards, which were issued at the very end of the T206 production run (circa 1911).
Therefore, "FACTORY #33, 4th Dist. N.C." on the Ty Cobb back tells us that this unique card was
produced subsequent to all the 524 cards in the T206 issue. And, indeed is a separate issue unto
itself and I would venture to say it was issued sometime around 1912-1915.
Most of us old "dinosaurs" in this hobby have seen and touched this card in it's "naked" form,
and it doesn't even feel like a T206.
IT IS NOT A T206......PERIOD.
T-Rex TED