I agree with Leon that W575-1 cards are not hand cut, whereas I believe W501 cards ARE. I strongly suspect that a few of the cards already shown in this thread are actually W501-2 cards, especially Brian's Gowdy card and Dave's WaJo card. A W501-2 card is identical to a W501-1 card except that "G-4-22" and the card number do NOT appear in the top border of the card. Because the TPGs have yet to grasp that there is such a thing as a W501-2 card, the TPGs erroneously identify these as W575-1 cards. In his very informative OC article (Issue #26 - Fall 2022) about the E121 and related issues, Rhett Yeakley described the differences between a W575-1, a W501-1 card, and a W501-2 card, and below are the relevant pages from his article.
I have noticed another way, in addition to those mentioned by Rhett, to distinguish a W501-2 card from a W575-1 card. On a W501-2 card (as well as on a W501-1 card), the rectangular box in which the player is pictured is about 1/16" smaller in both height and width than the rectangular box of a W575-1 card. This size difference is true for the W501 (both versions) and W575-1 cards of the same player in my collection (WaJo & Sam Rice), hence I assume this size difference is true for all W501 and W575-1 cards.
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Seeking very scarce/rare cards for my Sam Rice master collection, e.g., E210 York Caramel Type 2 (upgrade), 1931 W502, W504 (upgrade), W572 sepia, W573, 1922 Haffner's Bread, 1922 Keating Candy, 1922 Witmor Candy Type 2 (vertical back), 1926 Sports Co. of Am. with ad & blank backs. Also 1917 Merchants Bakery & Weil Baking cards of WaJo. Also E222 cards of Lipe, Revelle & Ryan.
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