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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth
I guess my theory from a very high vantage point and obviously not having probed this as you have, would be that the change resulted from being under new ownership who decided to do things differently than ATC did, or maybe there was even a copyright issue and they had to make them look different. Thus, the first printing looked like the rest of the ATC cards because in fact Coupon was still an ATC brand at the time. But that may be contrary to specific evidence of date you've uncovered.
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If that was the case I don't think they would have been able to use the same images.
The complete dissolution took longer than most people think. I think I posted a thread on it I'll see if I can find it.
ATC 5 complete Dissolution 11-18-1912.jpg
Here's the thread.
https://www.net54baseball.com/showth...obacco+company