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Posted By: Millerhouse

I found myself amused at the apparent reluctance of some to amend card designations assigned by Burdick. Try, for example, looking up an N172 in the American Card Catalog. In truth, I'm not sure whether or not that number was used, but my memory is that Burdick used the "N" prefix to indicate cards issued in South America. Regular old Old Judge cards were denoted as #172s, with the same type of designation applied to all 19th Century issues: #28, #29, #43, #162, #167, #172, #173, etc.

Not sure upon whom one can blame this change, but everyone has certainly accepted it without so much as a nod to Jefferson Burdick.

Regards all,

Dan