Coupon Type 1--Notes & Facts

[drdduet]

After reviewing my notes--

Theory--Coupon type 1 (AND TYPE 1 ONLY!) is an "assorted back" of T206.

Coupon was a brand of cigarettes owned by the American Tobacco Company in 1909-1910. Cards were distributed via factory #3.

Cards were distributed in packs as were most T206's--Polar Bear was distributed in pouches.

Coupon Type 1 is composed of 68 cards printed in 1909-1910--I'm leaning towards mid-August 1909 based on Reader's "Inside T206"--inferred based on series distribution (phase II release--350-only, 350/460 SP, 350-only SL).

42 of the 68 are 350 series regular print only T206 subjects. 6 of the 48 are the super prints (Cobb red, Chase blue and dark cap, Matty dark cap, Evers Chicago on shirt, & Chance yellow portrait). 16 are the 150/350 SLers, and 4 are from the 350-only Southern League Group--all are from teams of the Southern Association of the Southern Leagues.

The 4 SLer Coupon subjects not from the T206 150/350 series SLers are Hart, Hart, Lentz, and Rockenfeld. There are the only Southern Association SLers in the 14 subjects of the T206 350 only SLers.

T206 350 only series subjects Byrne, Mowrey, and Rossman have been confirmed with a very limited number of 350 only backs, Coupon is one of them.

4 of the 5 (Abstein, Maddox, Miller, & Phillipe) 350 only series Pirates are unusually plentiful with the Piedmont 350 backs. Wilson is the exception, he is included in the Coupon type 1 series.

The 42 subjects that are 350 only T206 subjects appear to be a random selection, representing the major leagues.

Coupon type 1 cards are 1-7/16" x 2-1/8" (T206 American Beauty is narrower) and are printed on thin (almost paper) cardboard, the rest of T206's were printed on relatively thick card stock. They have the same font color, size, and style of the standard T206.

etc, etc, etc.

While my notes aren't listed here in completion, these make some of the main points. Most of my research is from 30+ years of studying T206: Resources include this board, "Inside T206" by Scot Reader, the Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards, "The Monster", the ACC, "The Encyclopedia of Baseball Cards" by Lew Lipset, the T206 Museum, etc.--AND NO!, I don't presume them to be T206's just because they look alike--not that their would be anything wrong with that!

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