It always amazes me when I get three emails in one day about t205s and need for my "guidance" on the board...not my words!!
I will answer a few questions for you...I think Ted is using old formula for T205s that I put together a few years back and it is still pretty close to the truth.
First, American Beauty backs come with a Brownish/Blackish color and a Green color. Neither seems rarer. I have confirmed 3 more subjects with the Black back than the green back but I suspect that it is a fairly even distribution. NO players are confirmed as being featured on both color backs.
With a few Drum finds in the recent years, I do have to say that Hindu is now rarer. I have confirmed roughly that there are close to twice as many confirmed Drum subjects currently in the hobby...now the weird part...I have seen three different Hindu cards of the same player. Until very recently, I has never seen a duplicate Drum back. I have a feeling that the Hindus might have had a higher print run but less are out there currently but who really knows? Not I.
I do have a fairly extensive checklist of front/back combos and I know I have been promising collectors (Ted, Matt, Mac, Lyman, Geno, etc.) for awhile that I will publish it "soon" but just have not had the time like I used to. Although, this summer I am off of work for the first time in nearly 10 years so maybe I will get to it.
Hope this helps.
Joshua Levine
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