Did anyone notice?

[Rob D.]

Good stuff, Paul. I appreciate you sharing it. Didn't notice but will go back and look.

[MK]

Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't see any difference between the back of the Wagner pin and the other Hermes pins.

[perezfan]

Same here...

Wagner's verso looks just like the others. This Pin of unidentified player (Camnitz?) appears to be the one with a point of difference...

http://www.legendaryauctions.com/Lot...--Unidentified

And here's the more traditional Wagner...

http://www.legendaryauctions.com/Lot...--Honus-Wagner

[springpin]

The other pins have a thick collet under which is a coiled spring pin. If you wanted to, you could remove the spring pin from the back of the pinbacks. Unless my eyes are deceiving me, the straight part of the pin on the Wagner pinback comes out of a small square hole in the back plate. No collet seems to be holding it in place. I have no idea how you could remove the pin from the Wagner pinback without damaging the structural integrity.

I will also add I generally do not like to make comments about pinbacks from pictures of them. I would definitely prefer to inspect the Wagner pinback in person, but it is not mine to do so.

[batsballsbases]

I to dont see what you are talking about Paul. Looks like a collet and spring pin to me. As for the other pin it also is just a spring pin and collet system just with the pin connecting into the small pin holder. Have seen many of this type on the PM10 stadium pins. Here is one out of the pin.

[slidekellyslide]

My guess is that the Wagner has a borrowed springpin from a different pin.

[MK]

Paul, I think your eyes are in fact deceiving you. If you look closely at the back of the Wagner, you can see some of the spring pin between 9:00 and 10:00. The black hole you see is just a shadow.