I don't know anything about this but just from reading this thread and the info in it I think it works much like my business.
When I first started out I rented equiptment to do larger jobs. After a few yrs I have everything I need for my business and then some.
So you have a Company that starts advertising in 1910 (Also is there any docs to support this date
) and may have little money to do it with. If they approached the ATC to print their brand on the backs of the 206 style cards they may have chose to supply or buy the cheaper paper stock which inturn would be inferior to the 206 stock of the major companies.
They (ATC?) only have to design a back font and nothing else. The Cycle and Coupon backs are identical in every way except the name. They are the only 2 that match to a T.
But he lies the issue. Is there not Type 2's printed 3-4 yrs later with the exact same poses as the T206's. Maybe the Coupon Company bought the plates from the ATC (or however it got them) at the end of the Cycle run and changed the name only, then abtained a few players (68 right
), made a print run that may have not worked all that great due to the card stock, took a few yrs off and relaunched later with a new color font and better paper stock as well as more player poses due to the T206 run being done.
Is there any evidence to support that the Cycle run ended and the Coupon company printed after that. If so the Coupon is not a T206 for sure unless it was printed before the Cycle cards.
Here are pics of the backs of the Type 1 and the Cycle T206. The next 2 are of a HR baker T206 and a Type 2 Coupon Baker.
Like I said previously I don't know the 206's but I think all the clues are there they just need arranged correctly to make the final decision accurate.
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