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02-07-2011, 11:04 AM
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Large bordered American Beauty
This card has always puzzled me. Side to side, it measures nearly one and a half inches, which is wider than most t206s. On inspection, it doesn't appear to have been cut from a sheet. It seems I have read a thread which debunked the notion that American Beauties were cut smaller to fit in a smaller pack, if that were true then this one would not have fit in that pack. Then again, this card may have accidently been inserted into a different brand of tobacco. I would love to see other large bordered American Beauties that board members might have.
Edit. Actually, after looking at the preview (large scan) of this post, it does appear to have an irregular cut.
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02-07-2011, 11:22 AM
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The majority of them are narrower, but not all. It may be that the first batch were designed to be cut normal, then later they altered the process. ???
Does anyone know if they altered the sheets to make the side borders narrower, or did they just cut a sliver off of each card to make them narrower? Here are 2 more Lake scans to compare... 350 & 460 (the 350 later graded SGC-50)  
Last edited by fkw; 02-07-2011 at 11:25 AM.
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02-07-2011, 01:05 PM
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Martin, that's a great card! Thanks for posting. Frank, if you have no room for those 2 Lake cards as you move, I'm happy to keep an eye on 'em here in Kentucky.
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02-07-2011, 01:54 PM
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t206 lake am b wide border
Martin,
Sweet card  ..... it appears "hand cut" on both borders.....could have been hand cut from a test strip or sheet althougth the bottom edges almost look "factory cut"...i wish i could examine it... this is odd, because there are no definite clues(missing color/severe registration, etc,ect) to indicate any sign of scrap except those wavy side borders...i have never found a wide bordered am. beauty before......i'm sure Ted will eleborate since he has been all over am. beauties in the past... TED , WHERE ARE YOU  BTW can't thank you enough for the matty scrap Martin!!! YOU ROCK!!
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02-07-2011, 02:01 PM
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Wide border AB
Here is one of my AB's (non framed back) - I would call this a wide bordered AB as my other one (with framed back) is much narrower. Really looks "normal" like other T206's
Last edited by OldSchoolBaseball; 02-07-2011 at 02:02 PM.
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