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Posted By: JimB

Max,
There are Ty Cobb tobacco tins. I think there are only like four or five known. It is assumed that these are the tins that the Ty Cobb brand cards came in. They have an image that is cruder, but resembles the image of the T206 Cobb/bat on card on the tins. They do not employ the slogan, "King of the Smoking Tobacco World" like the cards. I don't know if it has been definatively prooven that the cards came from these tins, but it seems likely, and they are always written up that way when auctioned.
JimB