How many cards in the T206 set?

[tedzan]

Let's see now, the question here is...."How many cards in the T206 set ? ?".


The answer to this question depends on who you ask. Some say 6000, and others say as much as 7000......when you consider all the front / back permutations.

The most accurate number actually is between 5200 - 5300 permutations. There are a fair number of "No-Prints" in the T-brand's population. Currently, David
Hall is 95 % complete in his quest to achieve a "master" T206 set. This % number translates to just short of 5000 cards in his current T206 collection.


Yes.....I favor including the 1910 COUPON set (68 cards) and the Ty Cobb Tobacco card in the T206 set. And, there are some on this forum that agree with this.
The timeline of both these issues falls within the 1909-1911 timeline of the T206 set. Furthermore, the fronts of these 69 cards are identical to the T206's.
So, if they waddle like a duck, and quack like a duck, and were issued during 1910....then, they are a "T206".

If you check-out Burdick's records, he includes the T213-1 cards in same timeframe as the T213-2 and T213-3 (1914-1919). Obviously, at the time he did this,
he did not have the information we now have that correctly dates the 1910 COUPON cards. So, no need to fault him on this mistake.


Finally, this "poll" proves nothing. It's an insidious attempt to "bust my chops" by a couple of members on this forum. I guess this is how they get their "jollies"


TED Z
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