Is this the Wrong SGC Label for this Famous and Barr?

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Posted By: scott fandango

Dont know if many other Famous and Barr M101-5 cards were labeled as 1915...these issues were from 1916....

does anyone have this issus labeled 1916?

was SGC trying to differentiate between M101-5 and M101-4?

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Posted By: Tim Newcomb

If it's labeled 1915, SGC was indicating M101-5. The consensus that both M101-5 and M101-4 were issued in 1916 is quite recent, so most M101-5 cards graded before the last couple of years are probably labeled 1915. I don't know how the companies are dating M101-5s now but I expect you can find F&Bs with both 1915 and 1916 grading labels. Neither is really wrong, and I doubt many collectors would care much either way.

Most F&B backs are from M101-5. In this case I don't know why they didn't go ahead and put the set too, because McInnis is #117 in M101-4 so there's no question it's an M101-5.

Tim

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Posted By: scott fandango

That is kind of what i thought....

is there a Famous and Barr subset on this registry, or are there too few to even try and complete this set?

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Posted By: Tim Newcomb

I would say a complete set in Famous and Barr would be possible (unlike most of the other M101 backs). But it would take quite a while.

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Posted By: Anonymous

The label is accurate. I owned this same card (I checked my scans for the serial number) and I bought the card from Rand and Alice Bailey at the Robert Morris Show in April or May 2006.

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Posted By: scott fandango

so you believe this is the correct label, eventhough it is now believed that both the M101-5 and M101-4 were issued in 1916, and both sets contain Babe Ruth's rookie?