Andy--I did a little research today. I believe that the uncopyrighted cards came before the copyrighted cards. The inclusion of the copyright may have been Goodwin's response to others "borrowing" his images. The Lone Jacks were one such borrower. I also believe that the numbers came after the unnumbered cards. After all, the script cards were unnumbered and the next series were numbered. I looked through two plus sets of cards and it is apparent that the cards with numbers and no copyright are the most common. Next are the cards with a number and a copyright. These are several times scarcer than the ones without a copyright (based on my limited sample). The scarcest cards are those with no number. I have a few with no number and no copyright. Based on my assumptions as to when the different varieties were issued I went in to the study with the thought that I would not find any cards with a copyright and no number, and in fact this proved to be the case. Interestingly enough, the Old Judge ad poster pictured on page 116 of the Old Judge book has a full set of Brown's Champs included in it's 24 cards. All of these have a copyright and a number. This may say that the ad poster was produced later in the Brown's Champ print run.
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