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Posted By: Rhett

The 1921 set is far more common than the other two. And as you said that is almost certainly due to the fact that many of the players were reprinted through the 1922 set as well as possibly the 1923-24 set. As was mentioned before about printing in multiples of 32, they certainly continued to do this with both of the subsequent sets, with reprinted cards from the earlier years. The numbers that I mentioned in my earlier posts about known number of subjects includes team changes, and loss or addition of borders, as these are recognized as "new" cards. It should be noted from my experience that the 1923-24 Exhibits is a very challenging set, with 1922 being a little less difficult but is also quite a challenge. Certain players within those sets also seem tougher than others, possible unequal distribution of sheets. It would be interesting to see, I don't think it would be too difficult, which of the 1921 cards were printed over several years, and which were possibly only issued one year. All you would need to do is take some poll numbers from some of the major collections around. I don't have the time, but maybe someone else does.
-Rhett