W517 unnumbered variations- So now there are two?

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Posted By: Rhett Yeakley

Here is an example of a W517 with the color strip on back. In the same collection I found this one in I found a couple with green stripes, but this is the only one I kept. As you can see it is always found on the bottom card in the strip of 3.



I have never seen a strip with both the color band and wording at top on the same strip of 3, so theorizing I would venture to say that there mey have been 2 similar style games, one in which you won a prize for a colored strip on back, while another printing likely had a similar contest depending on what was said at the top rather than the back bottom. As such nearly all cards found with writing at top are "Strike Outs" so you likely got some prize for "Single, "Home Run", etc. Again, this last part is merely a theory.

-Rhett