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Posted By: barrysloate

Dan- one of my favorite examples is the perceived rookie card of Kid Nichols.

The majority of collectors consider his N300 Mayo to be his rookie, but at that point he had already played in the major leagues for six seasons.

I consider his N172 Old Judge to be his first, but because he is pictured with Omaha collectors generally disagree, and consider it his "prookie", or pre-rookie card, since Omaha was in the Western Association and not a major league club. In the end, choose the one you would rather have.