My national find--M116 Bates (Cincinnati)

[caramelcard]

Very nice Mac. Probably only a handful of those if that.

Congrats.

[Tim Kindler]

Mac,
Congrats. Couldn't have happened to nicer guy. But please educate me and others on what makes this m116 so special. I am ignorant when it comes to certain issues, but always willing and anxious to learn something new.
Best wishes,
Tim Kindler

[HOF Auto Rookies]

Originally Posted by Tim Kindler

Mac,

Congrats. Couldn't have happened to nicer guy. But please educate me and others on what makes this m116 so special. I am ignorant when it comes to certain issues, but always willing and anxious to learn something new.

Best wishes,

Tim Kindler

+1

[obcmac]

Originally Posted by Tim Kindler

Mac,
Congrats. Couldn't have happened to nicer guy. But please educate me and others on what makes this m116 so special. I am ignorant when it comes to certain issues, but always willing and anxious to learn something new.
Best wishes,
Tim Kindler

I'm fairly new to the set myself...so I rely on the great info by Tim N and info from Andy C. as well. Basically an extraordinarily rare late series team name variation. This particular variation was discovered about 10 years ago...and not sure if any have been discovered since then.

[Tim Kindler]

Wow! Then this is a super rare find. Thanks for sharing the pic and educating us with the information. I'll have to look into this and other late team variations in the set.
Best wishes,
Tim

[Jobu]

Here is the background of the card, courtesy of Lew Lipset who sold the first known copy:

http://www.oldjudge.com/archive/2006.../headliners/5/

[HOF Auto Rookies]

Originally Posted by Tim Kindler

Wow! Then this is a super rare find. Thanks for sharing the pic and educating us with the information. I'll have to look into this and other late team variations in the set.

Best wishes,

Tim

+1, again. Thanks Tim for saving me time on asking the same question and thanking! LOL

[RedsFan1941]

As a Reds collector I must say bravo!!!!!!!!!!!