What is the name of the t206 set?

[conor912]

I guess my point is, had Burdick not "classified" all of these sets that are only referred to by their ACC #'s, what would we call them? Seems kind of odd to me that a random guy gave them arbitrary "codes" at one point and now that's all their known by.

[CW]

Originally Posted by conor912

I guess my point is, had Burdick not "classified" all of these sets that are only referred to by their ACC #'s, what would we call them? Seems kind of odd to me that a random guy gave them arbitrary "codes" at one point and now that's all their known by.

I think it was just a matter of being the first one to step up to the plate and do it, to Burdick's credit. That "one point" was also very early in this hobby's lifespan, and was done by an influential collector when not many people collected these pieces of cardboard. In many ways, Burdick's system had the historical luck of simply catching on and sticking.

IF Burdick had not given all these sets names, it's hard to say what someone else would've come up with. I'm guessing 1909-11 ATC baseball card inserts, or something boring like that. Definitely nothing near as sexy as Tee-two-oh-six.

That's another weird thing -- we hear it referred to as T two OH six, but shouldn't it be T-two zero six, or T-two-hundred-and-six??

Regarding the proper name for the T206 "set"...

Back in the early 1900s, when ATC was providing these cards in packs of smokes, I don't think the concept of a "set" was even on their minds. To the producers of these cards, they were simply advertising tools to help sell more cigarettes/tobacco. They did want kids to collect and trade these cards, but I don't think they expected them to try and build a "set".

[HercDriver]

It's a compilation of a bunch of sets:

1909 Piedmont
1909 Sovereign
1909 Tolstoi
1909 Hindu
etc

You get the idea...

Cheers,
Geno

[deadballfreaK]

Funny. I hadn't heard the term "white borders" in years, but as I recall that was a common term back in the 70s.

[Leon]

All of the sets started out as a number only. Then in the 1940s Burdick started using letters to denote categories.

[arc2q]

Along these lines, my understanding is that the N in N162, for example, refers to Nineteenth Centry. Likewise, the T in T206 refers to Twentieth Century. Or is it generally felt the "T" refers to tobacco?

[auggiedoggy]

Originally Posted by arc2q

Along these lines, my understanding is that the N in N162, for example, refers to Nineteenth Centry. Likewise, the T in T206 refers to Twentieth Century. Or is it generally felt the "T" refers to tobacco?

Both "N" and "T" indicated tobacco. N=19th century tobacco and T=20th century tobacco.

[auggiedoggy]

Originally Posted by HercDriver

It's a compilation of a bunch of sets:

1909 Piedmont
1909 Sovereign
1909 Tolstoi
1909 Hindu
etc

You get the idea...

Cheers,
Geno

Hence the "Monster" moniker!