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Posted By: Steve Dawson

and good luck on your T205 quest. Regarding your last post, it really depends on how you want to collect. There are 210 or so cards in the T205 set, and each card can be found with up to 11 different cigarette companies advertised on the backs...so up to over 2,100 different front/back combos. Most people collect only the different fronts, but there are the more intrepid/serious collectors who go after the "master set" of front/back combos.

I started collecting "T" cards back in 1978 when I was 15. Just this year, i finally completed my T205/T206/T207 hall of famer sets (minus T206 Plank and Wagner). Now I'm working on Goudey and T3 hall of famers, and plan on starting on pre-1900 hall of famers.


Steve