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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

There are only 6 cards of the Joe Doyle NAT'L variation that we know for sure are legitimate (based on their history).
There are about 4 more of these Joe Doyle cards that have been graded and are assumed to be "legitimate" ?

Regarding the Joe Doyle cards with the "Printer's MARK"....please do not refer to it as a "dot", as it is not a round
mark as a typical T206 "dot". It appears to be a "serif" of a capital letter. I have speculated that it is the lower
segment of the "N" in "NAT'L" since this MARK is exactly in the location where the "N" was in the rare variation. And,
apparently when the printers realized their mistake with the initial Joe Doyle (NAT"L) cards they cleaned their plate
in a hurry, leaving this MARK still on the plate. Subsequently, they removed it.

The survey (to date 92 samples) indicates that only 15% of the regular Joe Doyle's have this printer's MARK.

TED Z