N284 Buchner Gold Coin Checklist Add?

[CobbSpikedMe]

I'm not trying to argue here, but why would a card that may have been printed on a poster (and not many times apparently since this is the only one seen so far) that may not even have been printed to be a part of the actual set have to fit in a cigarette pack to be a period piece? It's only 1/8" long for crying out loud. That's nothing. And if it was just printed on a advertising sheet is it that out the realm of possibility that it might not be the actual size considering a lot of advertising show product larger than actual size? I just don't get this argument. I don't get many of them to be honest, but just wanted to comment on this particular one right now.

[Cozumeleno]

Hey Andy -

In short, because the known poster cuts are generally the same size as the regular cards. Are they all 100% exact? Nope. Out of curiosity, I just pulled out my poster card and a regular card, and the poster card is about 1/16" of an inch larger. Both are entirely legitimate cards. They are generally about the same size but ever so slightly different.

That, of course, is very common. 1/16" is a minute amount in pre-war card standards. Could a different card be an additional 1/16" off? To me, quite easily. Especially when you consider the variances in even pack-issued cards. T206s, for example, easily vary by that much -- sometimes more than that.

[bigfanNY]

The size argument pertains to the card the OP posted not a hypothetical other card from a hypothetical other sheet. Look at the OP card the borders are pretty tight. If the borders were larger than normal top to bottom I agree the 1/8 inch might be a possibility.
And two two seperate guesses were put forth one that it was a proof card. That is where the card size and the pack size argument came in. I said why would Buchner spend the money to produce a proof card that would not fit in a pack.
The second guess was that this is a card cut from a sheet. Again to my knowledge no other card cut from a known sheet varies this much. Could a card be cut from a sheet have some extra border sure but if it was cut from a known ad sheet I think it would pick up some extra color on the top or bottom if it was an extra 1/8 inch.