The enigma of T206 Cobb's and HINDU backs
I acquired that Cobb about 10 years ago. It turned out to be a "re-backed" card. I traded away this Cobb years ago.
I informed the trader that it was not authentic. The F/B scan is still in my BB card library.
In the late 1990's, a rash of re-backed T206 star cards appeared in the hobby. These cards were very professionally
altered and some of them were graded by SGC and PSA. Two of the most "notorious" T206's were a Red Cobb with a
DRUM back and a Matty (portrait) with a Red HINDU back. The latter being an impossible front/back combo, raised an
awful lot of skepticism by veteran T206 collectors and was eventually removed from circulation.
TED Z
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