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Frank WakefieldTed, the 30 card printing seems plausible. Ed, I agree that it isn't as simple as 30 - 30 - 30 - 30. There is no way that Young is as difficult to obtain as Mitchell.
So I can see that as things progressed, the plate of 30 was altered. Some cards deleted, some added. Still, it seems that this would have been done several cards at a time, not an altering for just one card.
It is one interesting set of cards... kinda like wading into quicksand...