Thanks for the offer Steve, but I have the Sweet Cap back, I thought I would start a back run on some of the Pirates and thought this was a good opportunity to snatch up an affordable Piedmont back. I unknowingly scored a double bonus... here is the question, can I count this as two backs: Piedmont AND polar bear???
I agree with you on the tough question as to how/why this happened. I am a new-by but have an interest in the origins of these cards and read many threads here. I would assume that there is a cardboard sheet that is then printed with a front and then a back. not two sheets printed and joined together. the only scenario I could see if someone printed too many PB backs then said oops, lets paste a sheet of Piedmont over it? does not make much sense.
more likely someone along the way did not like the polar bear back and peeled the back off a Piedmont and pasted it over the polar bear. I would assume it was a long time ago, as I agree with others that the PB back would likely be more desirable in today's market?
I have seen this once before on the non sports side where an N35 Editor card was re-backed with the wrong editors name (did not match the front). It was obviously not done at the printer as the edges were way off, so who knows...
thought I would share anyway. thanks again for the comments!