There are fewer high grade 150 series T206s than from other series

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Posted By: Frank Wakefield

I believe that of my T206 cards, that more of my worn, round corner, maybe a bit of surface wear (not from a scratch or a fold, but from constant rubbing) that most of my T206s that fit that description are series 150 cards, and that the least of them are 460 cards.

I understand that I may well have more 150s than 460s, but that aside I wonder if the 150 series cards, on average, show more wear. My thinking is that it would be like my old 1967 Topps cards. Those from the first and second series usually were worn a bit, maybe had a rubberband mark in the center of the edges... and the cards from the final series or two just didn't get that much wear. Then they all went into a box... and I waited to chase 1968 cards. I figure kids carried the 150 series cards around much longer than they did the 460 cards...

A way this might be reflected is to look at population reports to see if there is a slight skew toward higher grades for the later series cards. And likewise, a 7 or an 8 from series 150 would be found less often than a 7 or 8 from series 350 or 460.

If so, then Ex-Mt examples of some series 150 HOFer would be less plentiful than an Ex-Mt example of a series 350 or 460 card of the same HOFer.

Any thoughts on this??