Earlier Issue - N28 or N172 ?
 

Posted By: <b>Eric</b><p>Which actually came first? <br><br>I see many places like VCP that designate the N28 set as 1888 but PSA labels them as 1887.<br><br>

Earlier Issue - N28 or N172 ?
 

Posted By: <b>Joe_G.</b><p>N28 was issued in 1888<br><br>N172 was issued from 1886 to 1890<br><br>Best Regards,<br>Joe Gonsowski

Earlier Issue - N28 or N172 ?
 

Posted By: <b>Eric</b><p>Joe,<br><br>Thanks! I noticed the following statement on PSA's site....<br><br>&quot;The 1887 Allen &amp; Ginter set, or N28 set, is considered to be the first ever tobacco issue. &quot;<br><br>Is their information incorrect?

Earlier Issue - N28 or N172 ?
 

Posted By: <b>Glyn</b><p>YES it is WRONG

Earlier Issue - N28 or N172 ?
 

Posted By: <b>Fred C</b><p>PSA could change the statement from:<br><br><br><br>&quot;The 1887 Allen &amp; Ginter set, or N28 set, is considered to be the first ever tobacco issue.&quot; <br><br><br><br>TO<br><br><br><br>&quot;The 1887 Allen &amp; Ginter set, or N28 set, is one of the earlier tobacco issues.&quot;<br><br><br><br>In terms of mass produced and distributed card sets this would be a more accurate statement.<br><br><br>Edited to add - did everyone notice that I didn't mention that PSA sucked. I was trying to keep with the holiday spirit and not mention that IMO - PSA sucks. It just wouldn't be a nice thing to say at this time of year. Remember, as our parents always told us - &quot;if you don't have anything nice to say about someone then don't say anything at all&quot;. Obviously, our parents never dealt with PSA.

Earlier Issue - N28 or N172 ?
 

Posted By: <b>Eric</b><p>Fred... <br><br>since you brought it up... which would you say had higher production numbers... N28 or N172?

Earlier Issue - N28 or N172 ?
 

Posted By: <b>Richard Masson</b><p>There are many more surviving examples of any given N28 than for any given N172, but because N172 is such a larger set, it may be the easier &quot;type&quot; card to obtain. <br>N28 is a set that is relatively easy to assemble in complete form.

Earlier Issue - N28 or N172 ?
 

Posted By: <b>Fred C</b><p>What Richard said....<br><br>Besides being plentiful, the nice part about the N28 cards is that the image quality is pretty much the same throughout the series. I'm still trying to find a few players in the OJ offering that have nice image quality. Some of those buggers are just hard to find with nice images.