M101-4 and M101-5 Backs

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Posted By: James Walker, Jr.

I was searching for an old thread on M101-4 and M101-5 backs. In the post someone thought that only certain backs were found on only one set. I think the main question was the Sporting News back being only on M101-5 cards.

I know this is hard to prove since most of the cards from these sets have the same player and card number combination.

Has anyone ever confirmed if all backs can be found on all cards?

Thanks,
James Walker, Jr.

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Posted By: Tim Newcomb

but they may be hard to find after all this time.

Very short answer to your inquiry:

Many backs can only be found with M101-5 or M101-4 but not both. Several, especially the more common ones, can be found with both, including Famous/Barr, Globe, Gimbel's, Weil Baking, etc.

Sporting News backs seem to appear only with M101-4 numbers. Someone, I think maybe Lew Lipset, claimed they had M101-5 numbers with those backs, but we're still waiting for definitive proof of it.

Tim