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Phil GarryRichard - Thanks for the clarification on the M101-1 Wagner. I have actually owned the trimmed Wagner on two different occasions. I bought it about three years ago on e-bay when a large group of M101-1's (or possibly National Copper Plates) that were all similarly trimmed were put up for auction individually. At that time, none of the major grading companies would grade/encapsulate them so I decided to sell the Wagner. I recently picked it up again in 2008 through a Goodwin & Co. Auction and it was graded by GAI. Out of curiosity, how are you able to determine that it is an M101-1 and not a NCP?
Regarding the W600 Wagner, the street clothes version was only issued in 1902 and the uniform version began to be distributed in 1902 but continued on into subsequent years making it impossible to differentiate that one.
The Cy Young is another interesting topic. If we are going to include cabinet cards as rookies, then the Just So is not his rookie as it was produced in 1893 and another cabinet of Young was produced during the 1890-92 period by Ryder Studios located in Cleveland, OH. George Davis also had a cabinet produced from this same issue. The Young has been encapsulated by SGC as a c1890 issue.