Toughest 20th Century tobacco issue advertising back

collectbaseball · #1 03-23-2010, 08:47 AM

I've always thought the Ty Cobb back was one of the rarest.... but I'm not too familiar with less mainstream type cards

E93 · #2 03-23-2010, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by collectbaseball

I've always thought the Ty Cobb back was one of the rarest.... but I'm not too familiar with less mainstream type cards

In raw numbers, it is one of the rarest backs. There are only 14-15 known. That would make it much tougher than Pirates in the sense that there are over 100 Pirates. The difference is that for any given Pirate backed card, there are only 1-3 examples of the front image, whereas all the Cobb backs are red portrait Cobbs. But if we are only looking at backs, the Ty Cobb brand definitely ranks.
JimB

Leon · #3 03-23-2010, 11:39 AM

If I had to give a rank of the top 3 rarest 20th century tobacco backs, today, I think there could be an argument for (most rare to least rare)...

1. T231 Fans
2. Ty Cobb back Cobb
3. T216 Virginia Extra

barrysloate · #4 03-23-2010, 11:43 AM

Has anyone mentioned the T206 Old Mill with the overprint back?

Leon · #5 03-23-2010, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by barrysloate

Has anyone mentioned the T206 Old Mill with the overprint back?

From the recent threads it seems this might be a printing error/issue and not a seperate back. If it is a completely different back it would probably be 1-2....Aren't there only 2 known?

Frank A · #6 03-23-2010, 12:37 PM

I would think Plow Boy's should be on that list. Not very easy to find.

barrysloate · #7 03-23-2010, 01:41 PM

I figured the Old Mill overprint would not qualify for that technical reason, but wasn't sure.

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