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Ted,
I have been thinking about these issues for a while and haven't been able to settle on a number, such as 48. Let's look at the number of subjects printed with particular backs.
1. The number of subjects printed with Sovereign 460 is 52, i.e. 46 of the 48 460-only subjects + the 6 350/460 superprinted subjects.
2. The number of subjects printed with Sweet Caporal 460/30 is also 52, i.e. 46 of the 48 460-only subjects + the 6 350/460 superprinted subjects.
3. The number of subjects printed with Sweet Caporal 150/649 is 35, i.e. Alperman, Bates, Bransfield, Bresnahan (Portrait), Clarke (Cleveland), Davis (Chicago), Delehanty (Washington), Ewing, Gilbert, Goode, Griffith (Portrait), Davis (H. on Front), Johnson (Portrait), Jones (St. Louis), Killian (Pitching), Lajoie (Throwing), Lake (New York), Liebhardt, Manning (Batting), Marquard (Hands at Thighs), Mathewson (White Cap), McIntyre (Brooklyn), McQuillan (Ball in Hand), Nichols, O’Leary (Portrait), Owen, Pastorius, Powers, Ritchey, Schmidt (Throwing), Schlei (Catching), Sheckard (No Glove), Spencer, Wagner (Bat on Left) and Wilhelm (Hands at Chest).
4. The number of subjects printed with Old Mill Southern is 48, i.e. the 48 southern league subjects.
The factors of 35 are 1, 5, 7 and 35.
The factors of 48 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24 and 48
The factors of 52 are 1, 2, 4, 13, 26 and 52.
The greatest common factor is 1. Even if we assume that there are actually 36 Sweet Caporal 150/649 subjects (i.e. that I have missed one) the GCF is 4.
So what are we to make of this mess?
Scot