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joeI'm sure quite a few collectors on the board read Lew Lipset's Old Judge issues. Lew has come the closests to tying the 2 together, the Cobb with the Cobb back and the Cobb tin. In Issue no. 12, August 1987 on the back page , page eight, Lew tells the story of buying a Cobb with Cobb back from a private source , and then finding the same person had the Cobb tin. Lew bought both. Lew writes" It can now be added to the description in volume 3 of the Encyclopedia of Baseball Cards that the T206 Ty Cobb Back has green type and comes from Factory 33 4th District No. Carolina. It is also believed that Ty Cobb backs were issued inside each Ty Cobb tobacco tin. The rarity of the Ty Cobb back can be traced directly to the rarity of the tobacco tin". This certainly is not absolute, and probably never will be, unless someone finds an unopened Cobb tin and they open the tin and find the card. That would something wouldn't it.
Joe
Ty Cobb, Spikes flying!