Where did the Cobb/Ty Cobb back card originate ?

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Posted By: David Smith

This idea just hit me; after looking at the comparisons of font type between the Ty Cobb back and the American Beauty back, could the year the TY Cobb back was manufactured be determined by the type of font?? What I mean is, was the font used on the Ty Cobb back known only after a certain year??

Let's say the font on regular T206's was named X and that font was created in the year of YYYY. So, if you didn't know when T206's were made and distributed but DID know when the font was created, you could definitely say the cards were made AFTER a certain year.

Looking at the font type on the Ty Cobb back card, was that created years before the T206's or was that created, say, after 1912?? If it were created years before, then that isn't any help. If it were created in 1912, then we know that the Ty Cobb backed card really couldn't be classified as a T206, or could we??

Just wondering.

David