They're Called Rare Backs...

[lug-nut]

Not sure if I was the last owner but I used to own that Howell miscut back, great card!

[atx840]

Let's keep it going.

Amazing WaJo Drum!

[boneheadandrube]

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[stutor]

Great cards everyone....that Wajo Drum...oh my!!!

[MVSNYC]

Luke, Chris, Sonny...great cards!

I also like "mid-tier", or "2nd tier" for backs like Cycle, Old Mill, Tolstoi, Sov, EPDG, etc.

[big-six]

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[brianp-beme]

Great backs everyone. I am a front fellow myself, and probably don't deserve membership in the back fraternity, but I will share the two least common T206 backs that I have.

I have learned to live with and not disdain the stain on Griffith. And like Ted pointed out earlier with his Elite Eleven post, sometimes a Piedmont can be an exotic bird indeed, like my Factory 42 Street.

Brian

[tedzan]

As Ringo Starr would sing.... "It Don't Come Easy".... this SOVEREIGN 460 card of Cobb is not an easy card to find.
I would consider it quite rare.


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Red Cobb SOVEREIGN 350 is considerably easier to find.....but, tough.




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[DeanH3]

A couple more and a non-T206 toughie.

[tedzan]

Looking for "RARE"....then try collecting these seldom seen 1910 COUPON cards. Displayed here are the Six Super Print subjects of the T206 set.


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[KCRfan1]

Amazing cards everyone!

[MuncieNolePAZ]

A few of mine.

Chad

[gonzo]

Meanwhile, in the back of the classroom, the T205 Gold Borders ignore Professor Burdick and toss spit wads at each other.

[Leon]

Nice T213 Coupons, Ted!!

Originally Posted by tedzan

Looking for "RARE"....then try collecting these seldom seen 1910 COUPON cards. Displayed here are the Six Super Print subjects of the T206 set.


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[tedzan]

I appreciate your compliment, Leon.

And, some more T213 cards of my favorite T206 guy.........


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[mybuddyinc]

.............. yes, Luke, they are called "mid-tiers" .............

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Fun, fun, Scott

[MVSNYC]

Nice cards everyone!

I'd personally draw the line at Hindu...putting them just above that mid-tier category.

(*Scarcity list taken from T206 Resource.)

[Eric72]

The scarcest back I've gotten thus far...Rube Geyer front. Or is it back? With T206 cards, the picture is on the back; the main attraction is the ad, right?

[Rhotchkiss]

Here are examples of 1-10 on Mike's scarcity list, and I added the Blue Old Mill

[Marslife]

this is the kind of infestation I can get behind....

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[MVSNYC]

Ryan, that’s awesome!…Not too many people can post all of those.

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by MVSNYC

Ryan, that’s awesome!…Not too many people can post all of those.

I cannot, however......

OK....this display may come close

I posted these backs alphabetically, since I don't agree that a couple of them are in the correct order on that list.


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[tedzan]

T206 dudes......

Are you in for a different challenge ? Try putting together an American Beauty - Broad Leaf - Cycle - Drum backs connection.
American Litho printed 190 subjects in their 350-only Series of the T206 set with these 4 rare backs.

I have yet to find the blue Chase with the DRUM back. I'm an optimist; therefore, I expect that it will eventually be discovered
for me to complete this tough A - B - C - D connection.

Furthermore, you can up this challenge by including the desired subject's 1910 COUPON card (there are 48 subjects to choose from).







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[Seiklis]

Let's get some more non T206s in





And the newbie

[Leon]

Non T206s

[brass_rat]

Great Holmes, Leon... No paper loss on that one!

Very nice top 10, Ryan.

[t206fanatic]

Have posted it before but its a good front back combo

[atx840]

Wow Brass and Jeff, bringing out the big guns!

Just acquired in a trade, thanks Mike!

[MVSNYC]

My pleasure Chris. Enjoy!

Here's some rare backs.

[brianp-beme]

Maybe not the rarest, but every once in a while a nice Big-Tayto-Loaf hits the spot.

Brian

[Luke]

Drum Raymond, Hindu Cicotte, Merchants Evers, T207 Red Cross, wow! Great stuff everyone!

[Eggoman]

I've posted these before and they are what led me to NET54, but I don't mind doing it again - IF you don't mind seeing them again!

[tedzan]

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[MVSNYC]

Luke, those HOF rare backs are ridiculous! Bravo!

[Rhotchkiss]

There are some AMAZING cards on this thread.

[boneheadandrube]

Awesome cards Luke! I've shown this one before:
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[Jobu]

My take is that off back has become popular with people doing binder sets and aiming to have them be anything but Piedmont or Sweet Cap. Not too many people want to have the true rare backs in a binder, so I think the off back generally has cards split into three groups without any real groups of the backs beyond "rare": 1) Piedmont/Sweet Cap, 2) Off backs = Tougher than Piedmont/Sweet Cap up to Hindu, 3) Rare backs = Hindu and tougher.

And here are some of mine that would fall into that rare category.

[Jobu]

And for Ted.

[ValKehl]

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[Kawika]

Never pursued the T206s with any great vigor. Have maybe a quarter of the set, half of them being all the New York Giants. Was always happy to get one that wasn't a Sweet Cap or a Piedmont. Got a kick out of the designs and the typography. As for the esoterica and the rarities I mostly left that for others. Even so, perusing this thread has been a treat. To this awesome gallery humbly submitted are a few of my non-Sweet Cap/Piedmont T206s. One or two might even qualify as rare backs.

[MVSNYC]

David, awesome array of rare backs.

Always a pleasure seeing your cards. Hope you're well.

[Blunder19]

im a big fan of why collect 1.. when you can collect 2...

[mrvster]

THREAD! soooo much cardboard porn here

I'll play in a little while.....seen some of my old cards here, like Ira BB

[mrvster]

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[tedzan]

Thirty-five subjects from the 350/460 Series were printed with HINDU backs. They are very difficult to find. To date, 32 have been confirmed.
Only 12 subjects from the 460-only Series were printed with HINDU backs. This group of T206's are a bit easier to find with the HINDU back.
Therefore, I took the easy way out and put together this "Exclusive 12" run......starting with these 3 cards.





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[wazoo]

I can finally join the party

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[tedzan]

Two "toughies", and a RECRUIT......






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[Rhotchkiss]

This guy is kinda rare