Numbers Question

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Posted By: Br uce Bruce

I in no way subscribe to the accuracy of these numbers as proposed in Alan Hager's book. However, they could provide a place to start a discussion.

Examples of the R1A group, according to Hager, are Lone Jacks, N167, Four Base Hits, Darby Chocolate and SF Hess N338-1.

R1 examples = Kalamazoo Bats, Plow Boys, N526, Spotted Ties, N300 Mayo, WG1, G&B, SF HESS N321, E107 type 2, Texas Tommy and Yum Yums.

R2 examples = Buchner Gold Coin, E136 Gypsy Queen (small), Scrapps, T217 Mono, N173, E103, E105, T3, Delongs, Tattoo Orbit, George C. Miller and N162.

R3= N28, N29, E107, E91, E101, T209 color, E92, E94, C46 and T212

R4 = D304, M116, T207, T202, 1914 Cracker Jack,

R5= T205

R8 = T206, 1952 Topps

R4, at 25,000-100,000, seems far to big a grouping to be meaningful. Clearly there are a lot more T207s than there are D304s. In R1, clearly there are a lot more Mayos than Yum Yums. Etc.

As Tim Newcomb's recent survey of T207 shows, we don't know what we thought we knew, since there appear to be many cards tougher to find than Loudermilk, Ward Miller, and Irving Lewis. So if the information on the relative rarity of cards within a single issue can so different than what we all thought, who knows what additional information future research might reveal about the total number of existing examples of various issues?