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Originally Posted by barrysloate
Henry- a thought about the N167: They depict only NY Giants, Goodwin and Co. was based in New York, they clearly were issued in a very small quantity compared to the N172....so is it possible they were only available in the New York metropolitan area and virtually unknown anywhere else? If that is the case, then it cannot be considered the first nationally distributed set. That honor would go to N172..
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Yes, but it can be considered the first baseball card set. And New York was really the center of baseball back then too.
JimB