My research indicates the 68 cards in the 1910 COUPON set were printed circa Spring 1910 during the 350 Series press runs of T206 set. They were printed
on thinner cardboard stock since these premiums were not intended as "stiffiners" to be inserted in cigarette packs. The "COUPON" brand was ATC's newly
marketed cigarette that was sold in large-lot boxes. I've never seen (or heard of) a circa 1910 "COUPON" cigarette pack. Perhaps Jon Canfield can enlighten
us on this.
This post focuses on the 48-Major Leaguer's in this set, since these subjects provide us an insight into the printed sheet format of the T206 set. Furthermore,
the six "Super-Prints" are included in this group. Was this American Lithographic's early 350 series printing of these extensively printed subjects ?
The 20 - Southern Leaguer's in this set will be covered in a subsequent post.
Six Super-Prints
1910 COUPON Major Leaguers (48 subjects)
Becker .............................................. Dubuc .............................................. Knabe ............................................. Myers (fielding)
Bender (trees) .................................... Dunn (Brooklyn) ................................. LaPorte ........................................... Paskert
Byrne ................................................ Engle ............................................... Lennox ............................................ Rhoades (hands at chest)
Campbell ............................................ Evers (bat-Chicago)............................ Marquard (portrait) ............................ Rossman
Chance (yellow portrait) ....................... Fletcher ........................................... Mathewson (dark cap) ........................ Schmidt (portrait)
Charles .............................................. Hartsel ............................................. Marshall ........................................... Starr
Chase (blue portrait) ............................ Hoffman (St Louis) ............................. McBride ............................................ Street (portrait)
Chase (dark cap) ................................. Howell (portrait) ................................ McElveen .......................................... Summers
Cobb (red portrait) ............................... Huggins (portrait) .............................. McIntyre (Detroit) .............................. Sweeney (Boston)
Cree .................................................. Huggins (hands/mouth) ....................... Mitchell (Cincinnati) ............................ Thomas
Donovan (throwing) .............................. Hunter ............................................. Mowery ............................................ Willett
Doolan (fielding) ................................... Killian (portrait) ................................. Myers (bat) ....................................... Wilson
These cards may have been Single-Printed on a 48-card sheet, or Double-Printed (96-card sheet). In any event their backs have the same stylistic design
common to the backs of the T206 AMERICAN BEAUTY (A), BROAD LEAF (B), CYCLE (C) and DRUM (D) cards. And, with the exception of Byrne, Mowery and
Rossman (who were involved in trades)...... these 45 subjects are also found with the T206's A-B-C backs. However, finding these subjects with the DRUM
back presents a real challenge. To date, only 31 of these subjects have been confirmed with the DRUM back.
.............. A ............................. B ............................. C ............................. D
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Hey guys......this thread is not intended to try and persuade anyone that this COUPON set should be re-classified as another extension of the T206 set.
We have mulled over that discussion enough over the years on this forum. Anyhow, additional inputs or opinions are appreciated.
Incidently, I'm still looking for the blue Chase / DRUM card to complete my "Quintuplicate" sub-set. I really appreciate any help in finding this T206.
Thanks,
TED Z