Hi Ted,
I don't think the CM backs are the same color as the brown lenox. Cairo Monopols are more black.
CM backs are tough, but Old Mills are just as tough in my experience if not tougher.
Either way, I 100% believe that studying t80s will shed a bunch of light T206...somehow.
It's very hard to compare back scarcity across the two sets though. Tolstoi backs were arguably listed in greater numbers than even the entire T206 tolstoi population.
Again, Old Mill backs are really difficult for T80s, but we know they're a common T206 back.
And Lenox T80s aren't very hard to find. Blank backed T80s might be just as hard to locate as a blank back T206.
Anyways, great theory, but in my opinion brown lenox backs are a lot different than the color of a Cairo Monopol back.
Rob
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