sc factory #25 in either 350 or the 460 are extremely tough.....it took years to even confirm the 350 25's.... I don't know why, every #25 from sweet cap are very tough......they are hidden tuffies not many know about....
The sheet numbers (30's) are hard enough.....only a few dozen examples I have seen.....
I started collecting the sheet #30's in 2001 ....I bought a few from scott forrest, found a few on ebay.....took a few years, I wound up with about 6 different.....I always heard that there were factory 25's out there, but I had never seen one in person....obviously, sheet numbers were assigned to which factory was to print the back..but oddly enough, no other backs have sheet numbers?????...after 15 years of collecting these, I decided to sell or trade them a few years ago including my ames factory 30.........I even had a Rhodes with the sheet # 30 on the side, but not sure yet if that was an actual sheet number??????
anyway, I was attending the Valley forge show a few years back I think 2015......I saw John P at his table.......I was looking at his cards, when I flipped over Ames for shits and giggles and there it was!!!!!! FACTORY 25!!! I FOUND ONE!!!
I let John P know , but he wasn't too excited like me(it's the little things in life that get me excited
), and graciously sold it to me.......
When I told adam what I had, he was so cool, he just sent me my old ames factory #30 to be with his sister card
THANKS AGAIN ADAM G!!!!!!!!!
I always thought these would be "forged" in the future....maybe some jerk getting a stamp and you know the rest.....SO I AM SO EXCITED THE WAY I got these.....I KNOW they are legit, and amazingly stamped at the same spot, thus solving a small T206 mystery of why and where are these being stamped???arbitrarily??? seems they stamped consistent in the same spot!!
LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT!!!
A LEGIT NEVER UBER RARE FACT #25
I gotta love it.......Jantz loved these too
anyway....thanks again Adam G and John P for putting these together for me
great stuff