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Posted By: Shammus

Well, some might eliminate strip cards from this discussion because the strip card in question is the w555, which are the size of postage stamps. Normally I would agree with Jay and not rule out strip cards at all however, since neither the w555 nor the Dietsche/Novelty postcards really have that "baseball card feel" to them, I can see why they would be dismissed. The w555, much like the E102, T206 and E90-1 were either issued over the course of several years or not enough is known about the set to determine when it was released. I would say that assuming the w555, e101 and e102 were released in 1910, then the e92 would be Cobb's actual rookie card.

On the other hand, it seems that the majority of the sources out there are still claiming that the e102 came out in 1908. If I was forced to make a final decision on this topic, I would probably look to the e102 as the one.