T206 backs: can someone make a list

[tedzan]

Mike C

Here are the T206 super-prints....these 6 subjects are found with as many as 24 different T206 backs (considerably
more than most of the other T206 subjects have).





TED Z

[npa589]

Due to the fact that I'm trying to put together a Cubs T206 Sovereign set, this isn't good news!

[White Borders]

Originally Posted by npa589

Due to the fact that I'm trying to put together a Cubs T206 Sovereign set, this isn't good news!

The Chance Yellow Portrait and Evers Chicago Superprints are difficult to find with Sovereign 460 backs. But you should be able to find them with Sovereign 350 backs.

Here's the thread that discusses it:

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...ight=sovereign

Best Regards,
Craig

[Abravefan11]

The following list is the one Jim Rivera and I are currently working from. We have discussed at great length recently moving a few of the backs up or down the list but for now they remain put.

1 - Ty Cobb
2 - Old Mill (Southern Leagues) - Brown*
3 - Lenox - Brown
4 - Broad Leaf 460
5 - Drum 350
6 - Uzit
7 - Hindu - Red
8 - Lenox - Black
***Red Cross Type 1***
9 - Broad Leaf 350
10 - Blank Back*
***Coupon Type 1***
11 - Carolina Brights
12 - Piedmont 350-460 Factory No.42
13 - American Beauty 460
14 - Hindu - Brown
15 - American Beauty 350 (No Frame)
16 - Sovereign 460
17 - Cycle 460
18 - Tolstoi
19 - Sweet Caporal 350-460 Factory No.25
20 - El Principe De Gales
21 - American Beauty 350 (Frame)
22 - Sovereign 350 (Apple Green)
23 - Sweet Caporal 350-460 Factory No.42
24 - Cycle 350
25 - Old Mill (Southern Leagues) - Black
26 - Sovereign 150
27 - Sweet Caporal 150 Factory No.649 Overprint
28 - Sweet Caporal 350-460 Factory No.42 Overprint
29 - Old Mill (Base Ball Subjects)
30 - Polar Bear
31 - Sovereign 350 (Forest Green)
32 - Sweet Caporal 150 Factory No.25
33 - Sweet Caporal 350-460 Factory No.30
34 - Sweet Caporal 150 Factory No.30
35 - Piedmont 150 Factory No.25
36 - Piedmont 350-460 Factory No.25
37 - Sweet Caporal 350 Factory No.25
38 - Sweet Caporal 350 Factory No.30
39 - Piedmont 350 Factory No.25

This list is based solely on the overall scarcity of one back in relation to another. No emphasis or additional weight was placed on a particular subject or subset within a back group that is believed or perceived to be more difficult than the rest.

Each collector’s experience will be different and they may find that over a short period of time or with a given subject that their difficulty in acquiring different backs doesn’t exactly match this list.

Ty Cobb Tobacco
This back is controversial to say the least and many collectors do not feel it is a T206 while others believe it is. Compelling arguments have been made for both sides but neither have yet to produce sufficient evidence in our opinion to definitively show it is or isn’t part of the same set. Until that time it will remain on our list as it was originally classified as a T206.

Red Cross & Coupon Type 1
We don’t believe that either of these backs are part of the T206 set and haven’t included them on the current list for that reason. However many collectors do believe they are or possibly could be T206’s so we included them in this post, unnumbered, to show where we believe they would be ranked if included.

Old Mill (SL) – Brown & Blank Back
These two backs were not inserted into packs and both are essentially printers scrap. Some may not consider these necessary for a complete back run.

[freakhappy]

Thanks Tim and everyone else for supplying a lot of great info...keep it coming!

Mike

[AndyG09]

[QUOTE=Abravefan11;912643]The following list is the one Jim Rivera and I are currently working from. We have discussed at great length recently moving a few of the backs up or down the list but for now they remain put.


Tim,

Just curious what you guys may be debating? The work you did on the SC Fact. 25 really opened my eyes to their difficulty. The 150 Subj. especially. Thanks again for putting that together.

Best,

Andy

[Leon]

Hey Tim
Notwithstanding the debate to include blank backs, you have seen less bl350s?

[sreader3]

I think Tim's "working" list is more accurate than the initial list posted on this thread. Piedmont 42 is more difficult than American Beauty 460, Brown Hindu, American Beauty 350 No Frame, Sovereign 460 and Cycle 460 in my experience.

My only quibble with Tim's "working" list is a matter of opinion, not fact. I would strike the Old Mill Brown and Blank backs because I think they are printer's scrap that ATC never intended to issue. I feel the same way about the Old Mill single and double overstrikes.

Scot