Diamond Dust punchboards - to punch or not to punch?

[Butch7999]

Hi Adam -- just to clarify what we're vaguely theorizing, we can picture how the 1"x2" rolling-paper-thin card
would be accordion folded into a strip 1" wide by 1/16" high, then coiled up into a tight little circle, or spiral,
still just that 1/16" thick and about the diameter of one of the punch-holes. Since it was coiled, or rolled,
there would be no residual fold marks running vertically, and the punchboard would have to be only thick enough
to accommodate the 1/16" thickness of the coiled card. Again, just a guess, while noting again that
we were likely wrong about everything else on this topic from the get-go...

[Exhibitman]

I've been kicking around the DD card issue again with another member here. Since this thread was initially posted has anyone seen a punchboard with cards verified in it? As noted above it would have to be at least 1.25" deep to accommodate the cards. I've been searching eBay and every show I can find but haven't seen a candidate. As for the cards, here's an Averill that shows the borders and the numbers on the back:



The cards were definitely folded into little 'sticks' of paper and the numbers are consistent with the serial #/prize # scenario I suggested.

Here is a generic one that is 1.5" thick:

[Zan]

Thanks for reviving this. I am chasing the 1940 Hank Greenberg Diamond Dust punchboard card. In the Standard Catalog Lemke describes the cards being pushed out of the back of the board when a player pays the fee to play the game. What is interesting is that he detailed a checklist of dollar winner players and “consolation winners". He designated dollar winners in the checklist with an asterisk, all of which happen to match the player subjects of this board exactly.

I'm going to be punching the board later, because this is the closest I will be getting to the card, however it is the same one that Exhibitman punched above and did not get cards, so I am cautious.

[Exhibitman]

There are no cards in that board: they don't fit. You will get a plain slip of paper with numbers on it.

Look at the Grove and Newson cards: do you see a 727 or a 1468 on the list on the front of your board? Nope. But those are the actual card #s. Lemke [RIP] or whoever made the list likely took the front numbers on this common punchboard and used them as a checklist with no proof that they represent the actual 'innards' of the board itself. I've punched one of these small greenies and they don't have cards in them.

[Zan]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

There are no cards in that board: they don't fit. You will get a plain slip of paper with numbers on it.

In some way this board must be associated with the checklist in the Standard Catalog. The checklist matches all of the dollar winners, and all known auctions of the punchboard cards match the checklist

[Exhibitman]

You have it backwards: the checklist was created decades after the boards and was likely derived from a 624 hole punchboard the writer happened to see and described in the SCD listing. That is why the alleged SPs match the checklist.

The checklist is useless for your purposes because the cards cannot fit into your board. They are too wide. But please do punch out all 576 holes on your board and share the results here.

FWIW, the concept of SP in this set is irrelevant. The cards are almost never found, so they are all rare.

[Zan]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

The checklist is irrelevant; the cards cannot fit into the 3/4" thick board. They are too wide. But please do punch out all 576* holes and share the results here.

*The Standard Catalog listing describes it as a 624 hole board, not a 576 hole board.

There are 624 holes on my board. (12x13) x 4