Designated set number/ date of manufacture question

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Posted By: Mike

I was wondering why the designated numbers given to a card set don't necessarily descend along with the year, or in a logical manner. Example:

1929 W553
1930 W554
1909 W555
1927 W560

Wouldn't it much simpler if the designated numbers given ,and the year manufactured descended/progressed in order ? This "hasn't" kept me awake at night. Just curious....

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Posted By: leon

I am not at home to verify but my guess is that this is the way Jefferson catalogued them in the ACC. I think we have found out a ton of information, especially mfg dates and so forth, since he made his numbering schemes. Everytime I look at the ACC, which is fairly often, I am amazed at how well he and our forefathers did.....We owe him/them a lot of gratitude....What info we can get in seconds today, took them years back then...

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Posted By: Mike

I agree Leon. The ones that have preceeded us, did us a great favor, and saved us much work. So you are saying it had largely to do with additions, corrections, and later discoveries?

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Posted By: leon

Yes, sort of. My guess is that Jefferson didn't have a perfect handle on date of mfg so he put them in a logical order with information he had. Later on we found out the years of mfg (through research), and unfortunately the numbering scheme didn't coincide with what he did. I rarely see exact dates for early cards in the ACC....This is just an educated guess on my part but it makes some sense....We know the caramel cards/numbering/year of mfg don't always match up to a sequential order....