Question on 1910-12 Sweet Caporal pins

[timfsu2k]

Thanks for all the insight guys!


As for the Williams, that's a real bummer that it is a fake. Live and learn I suppose.

[Tom Hufford]

Now that someone has opened a thread on the P2 pins, I have a question - how many pins are in the set? Some sources say 204, and some say 205. The difference seems to be in the George Mullin pins. In some sources, the set descriptions say that three players (Bresnahan, Mullin, and Wallace) have three pins, but then the checklist only shows two for Mullin.

I have seen the Mullen (sic) pin, with dark cap and small letters, and a Mullin (correct) pin, with a white cap and large letters.

Some checklists give a third pin for this player, supposedly a Large Letter pin, but I've never been able to determine how his name is spelled (Mullin or Mullen) and what color cap, if any supposed to be on this pin.

Does anyone know if a third Mullin pin actually exists, and if so, what are the details?

I hate thinking about starting work on a set without knowing how many items I would actually be looking for!

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Tom Hufford

Now that someone has opened a thread on the P2 pins, I have a question - how many pins are in the set? Some sources say 204, and some say 205. The difference seems to be in the George Mullin pins. In some sources, the set descriptions say that three players (Bresnahan, Mullin, and Wallace) have three pins, but then the checklist only shows two for Mullin.

I have seen the Mullen (sic) pin, with dark cap and small letters, and a Mullin (correct) pin, with a white cap and large letters.

Some checklists give a third pin for this player, supposedly a Large Letter pin, but I've never been able to determine how his name is spelled (Mullin or Mullen) and what color cap, if any supposed to be on this pin.

Does anyone know if a third Mullin pin actually exists, and if so, what are the details?

I hate thinking about starting work on a set without knowing how many items I would actually be looking for!

Hey Tom
Maybe you will have to settle for a less than master set? Just kidding, as a completionist with some things, I hope you find the answer. Good luck!! and a Matty small letters to add to the visuals....



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[philliesfan]

I just love these pins for some reason. Here are a couple I have. I also have a PSA 9 Tris Speaker......I will try to post that one later.

[jcc6252]

Here's a Cobby with some nice rusting, and one of your Mullin examples (SL Dark), with the paper roached out. Every back seems to have its own character with these guys!

[Buythatcard]

Some Cobbs

[phlflyer1]

Originally Posted by Tom Hufford

Does anyone know if a third Mullin pin actually exists, and if so, what are the details?

Hi Tom,

It has been many years since I've worked on my P2 pin set but the set is complete at 204 pins (unless new variations come to light).

For a few years, a third Mullen pin (White Cap with small letters) had been erroneously listed in the Krause guide but when I discussed it with fellow collectors no one had ever seen it.

Ultimately, a few of us wrote to Bob Lemke at Krause who researched and said that the third variation pin had been added to their catalog at some point but he could not find the evidence or justification for it being added so it was ultimately removed.

So, there is a Mullen (Dark Cap, small letters) and a Mullin (White Cap, large letters).

Regards,

Scott

[philliesfan]

Scott, what are the three pins and flag on the bottom right? Is the one a Mrs. Sherlock bread pin?

Thanks,
Robert

[phlflyer1]

Robert,

Good eye! That is indeed a Mrs. Sherlocks Bread Pin of Mudhens catcher Dennis Murphy. I don't really collect that set but needed something to fill out the display.

The other pins besides the P2s are a Hassan Comics pin, a Sporting Life advertising pin and an old Rutgers college stick pin in honor of my sons first year away at college this fall.

[rjackson44]

Scott as a nj guy stunning wow

[Tom Hufford]

Scott,

Many thanks for the info, that's sorta what I had suspected. Glad you could confirm that there are only two Mullin/Mullen pins in the set - that should make putting the set together much easier

Tom