What's your personal favorite T206 back?

[Chuck9788]

Never mind the value. What T206 back of the card tobacco advertisement do you like most? Why?

[darwinbulldog]

Polar Bear. Everything else just looks the same to me.

[bnorth]

Old Mill because it is the same back as the much nicer T210 set.

[MVSNYC]

For me, it's a tie between Uzit & Lenox. I love the bold, straight-forward graphic design of both. No frills, no scrolls.

[trdcrdkid]

Originally Posted by MVSNYC

For me, it's a tie between Uzit & Lenox. I love the bold, straight-forward graphic design of both. No frills, no scrolls.

What, no love for AB 460???

[Jobu]

Carolina Brights for me.

[clydepepper]

Large Ass, of course!

[RedsFan1941]

great uzit mullin. i used to own that card.

[glynparson]

Carolina brights

[AGuinness]

My favorite T206 back is the one on the next T206 I acquire...


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[T206Collector]

Originally Posted by AGuinness

My favorite T206 back is the one on the next T206 I acquire...

#truth

[ValKehl]

T215-1 Red Cross!

[Mark17]

Piedmont, because the blue is attractive and design is elegant. But mostly because it brings back one of my best hobby memories.

Back in the mid-late 1970s, there was a collector named Ralph Nozaki who collected errors and variations. I had purchased my friend's brother's card collection of 1962s, and found a Hal Reniff variation where the card number was wrong. It meant nothing to me, but Ralph was interested in trading for it.

I had never owned or even seen a tobacco card, let alone a T206. I had a Sports Hobbyist magazine with a large black and white image of the Wagner, so for all I knew, T206 cards were that large, similar to modern cards. I sent that Reniff card to Ralph and told him I would be happy with any T206 card in trade.

Soon afterwards, I got a nice letter from Ralph with a T206 enclosed. I expected, and would have been very happy, with it being a common, but instead he sent me a card of a fellow named Christy Mathewson, pitching pose with white cap. It had a Piedmont back.

I kept that card until 1991, when I was building my house (which I still live in,) and decided to sell it along with a large (70 or so) collection of T3 cards I had subsequently collected, in order to add two fireplaces to my home building budget.

I love those fireplaces - I use them all the time in sometimes sub-zero Minnesota winters - and I also love the memory Ralph gave me all those years ago.

[Bocabirdman]

My favorite back is whichever one that is attached to a front that I need...........