Which T206 would you rather own?

[Joshchisox08]

Originally Posted by Cozumeleno

To me, it depends on how rare of a back you're talking and how low-grade.

If it's a fairly common version of the rarer backs (Sovereign, Old Mill black, Polar Bear), I'd rather have the Piedmont/SC. That would probably apply, too, even for rarer backs with severe paper loss, excessive ink marks, etc., unless it was something really rare like Broad Leaf, Hindu, Drum, Uzit, Lenox. Something like a Tolstoi or EPDG missing like half of the back doesn't do much for me.

I guess for the purposes of the question, I'd say the rarer back as long as we're not talking something pretty common or a card pretty destroyed.

Nailed it !

[steve B]

I'm another in the group of "how tough a back and how beat is it. "

If it's only one of the sort of harder backs I'll take the nice card over the tougher back.
But if it's a really tough back I'll take the lesser condition.
If it's one of the few backs I still don't have an example of, and it's in my price range.........(Never happen for all but one of them) I'll take it in pretty much any condition. BL460 with a mostly skinned front? Yep, I'd want it. Drum with the top missing and massive back damage? As long as it's identifiable yes please. Soverign with a bad crease? Maybe, if it's cheap enough.

Steve B