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Posted By: ethicsprof

Bill Heitman,

many thanks for your comments on the EPDG 'scarcity'.
as you saw, most every contributor fell into the 1% EPDG
category out of their total T206 holdings. I agree with
you that one tenth of one percent falls well outside the range of typicality. It does seem fair to say that EPDG
did turn out to be more scarce than many of us thought.
Scarce does not mean rare,however.

Perhaps most importantly at this juncture is the issue regarding the Primacy of Piedmont which Ted Z. has offered
up as a possible way of envisioning the early formation of
the T206's---the notion that any of the potential 150-only
have a 350 back which is only the PIEDMONT 350 back that was
short-printed. I,too, am eager to hear your response as well as others.

Your comment about going down memory lane is most elucidative. Sharing the joy of research and discovery is the heart and soul of collecting the 206's. Your work on
The Monster, as well as Reader's recent work, along with other works in the field, have certainly contributed much to the vitality of this discussion. Again, many thanks.

Barry

p.s. Trex, i slipped away from the univ. and quickly found
my spencer is an SC 150 and my chase white cap is a pied 150---not much help yet, but i'll keep researching!