Interesting trivia about 1910 COUPON (T213-1) cards...show us some of these rare gems

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by The Nasty Nati

I posted a thread about the rarity of T213-1 back in May.

Here's the summary:

I found in my research that the T213-1 T206 Resource ranking is pretty spot on.....

Based on analyzing the PSA pop reports (not an exact science, I know) I found that T213 Coupon's ranked 6.

• American Beauty 460 could be 7th and not 13th in rarity making it potentially rarer than Uzit, Hindu Red, Lenox Black, Broad Leaf 350, and Carolina Brights...admittedly it's hard to tell though because PSA only recently broke down the different AB designations. So this is a very rough estimate.

Hi B. Schneider

Regarding the 1910 COUPON cards......I differ with your analysis on the ranking of these cards. Why I disagree is this....using their Pop Report data can be misleading
because many of them have been "crossed-over" to obtain a higher grade. For example, here's my Chance.....a fine looking card which would under normal circumstances
be expected to get a higher grade than its 1.5 grade. I know this for a fact, since I have discussed this "cross-over effect" with others who collect the 1910 COUPON cards.

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However, higher grades are seldom realized because of the thinner stock of cardboard that these cards were printed on. So, in any event the Pop #s are exaggerated.



Regarding the AMERICAN BEAUTY 460 cards......your analysis on these T206's is spot on. I've been collecting this sub-set for 12 years; and, I still need 3 cards.



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I'm still searching for these 3 cards to complete my AMERICAN BEAUTY 460 sub-set (74 subjects)

CAMNITZ (hands over head)....DOYLE (portrait)....McGRAW (portrait-cap)

Any help finding these cards is greatly appreciated....Thanks guys.


TED Z

T206 Reference
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[The Nasty Nati]

I'm sure there is a "cross-over effect" but very little when it comes to T213-1 Coupons. I don't think that too many people are looking for a slight bump in grade because it's easy to look at any T213-1 and see that it deserved the low grade due to the flimsy nature of the card. And bumping a T213-1 up a grade isn't going to have the same bump in price as a more collected rare T206 back like say a Broad Leaf or Drum.

Still, t213-1 need more love. It's definitely a T206...and so are T215s.

[Sean]

Originally Posted by The Nasty Nati

Still, t213-1 need more love. It's definitely a T206...and so are T215s.

Frank has convinced me that if there were no Coupon type 2+3 or Red Cross type 2, Burdick would have listed them as T206s.

[TistaT202]

Here are my three T213-1 NYA cards...would love to get the 2 Chase NYA cards to complete my T213-1 NYA run....

Ted et al., love these threads!

Mike

[Troy Kirk]

Here are my only two T213-1 cards. Kind of funny, when I got them a long time ago I got them as a cheaper alternative to getting the T206 Southern Leaguers.

[DixieBaseball]

My memory is a little hazy, but I was at or around mid to upper 50's on this set at one time... About a decade long vigorous pursuit until I petered out. I still love these rare gems. I think I am sitting on 21 of these cards now. Here is one of my favorites in the set (with paper on the back where it was probably stuck to the Coupon box end as there are a majority of examples missing paper in the same place on the reverse or have paper attached to them like this one) ... also a RPPC of a New Orleans Store with boxes of Coupons in the background - Just Imagine how many cartons were in each box (Perhaps 1 Coupon Card per Carton):

[tedzan]

Great to hear from you, Jeremy.

And, thanks for posting your COUPON Cigarette cartons. I alluded to these cartons in my Post #11 in this thread.


TED Z

T206 Reference
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[tedzan]

Here's my Matty Mac....it's the only one graded by PSA.

SGC shows only one graded by them.

Whether you consider these 1910 COUPON cards as part of the "T206 family" tobacco brands (or not), one thing is certain......
they are exceptionally rare.



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TED Z

T206 Reference
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