T205 Dots Miller Question

[Eggoman]

Hey My T205 Brothers

I'm trying to assemble a Master T205 set before I die...

I would like to see the 3 different back varieties of Dots Miller - bio begins "John B" or "John D" or "John B over D"...

I THINK that I have 2 of the 3, but I am not sure how subtle these differences are.

Does anyone have scans of all 3 that they would be willing to share with me???

Cheers!
Eggo

[T205 GB]

There is one on eBay right now. Not as extreme as I have seen but you can see the B and D on there. There are a few with the full middle Bar in them but it's been several years since I have seen any available.

[marcdelpercio]

Here are the B, D, and B/D versions. The B/D version is often very subtle and you can only detect a slight center line across the D. The B version is very distinctive. I have seen all versions with multiple backs and with the same back as well, and none seem to be much scarcer, although I would say that finding a solid D version with no trace of a center line seems to be pretty difficult.

[Eggoman]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH for the images!

The B/D version is subtle as I thought, but still discernible.

[peterb69]

Very nice Marc

[EvilKing00]

Originally Posted by marcdelpercio

Here are the B, D, and B/D versions. The B/D version is often very subtle and you can only detect a slight center line across the D. The B version is very distinctive. I have seen all versions with multiple backs and with the same back as well, and none seem to be much scarcer, although I would say that finding a solid D version with no trace of a center line seems to be pretty difficult.

Never knew there was a B/D version, thants for the info and images - ugh now another card im missing lol

[marcdelpercio]

Originally Posted by EvilKing00

Never knew there was a B/D version, thants for the info and images - ugh now another card im missing lol

Fortunately, I'd say that is the most common of all of them, not that any are very difficult. In fact, I have a low grade B/D version and a bit nicer D version on the B/S/T right now . My completely random guess is that they noticed that they had incorrectly printed his middle initial as B on an early run of these (as it is correctly listed as D on the top name line of all cards) and attempted to slightly adjust the plate to make it a D in later runs. Perhaps the B/D version is a second printing and the solid D version is a final printing with the plate fully "fixed." All just wild speculation, of course, but it seems to make sense.

[asoriano]