What's the toughest back in the hobby?

[fisherboy7]

T208 Cullivan’s Fireside

T216 Mino/Virginia Extra

E107 with Breisch-Williams overprint

D303 Mother’s Bread


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[Exhibitman]

Wool's American Maid Bread.

[darwinbulldog]

A back that can be found on every card in a set can't of course have a single digit population unless there are a single digit number of cards in the set, so how about 1869 Peck & Snyder with the advertising text back? I believe the total population is in the low single digits.

[Casey2296]

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1922 W573 Cafe Du Monde is a tough one too.
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[EddieP]

W515 Fleer Back.

[Vintagecatcher]

Here is my choice: T206 Ty Cobb back!

Patrick

[kmac32]

T205 Hindu backs or T207 Napoleon backs

[HasselhoffsCheeseburger]

Originally Posted by darwinbulldog

A back that can be found on every card in a set can't of course have a single digit population unless there are a single digit number of cards in the set, so how about 1869 Peck & Snyder with the advertising text back? I believe the total population is in the low single digits.

The Three Bagger and Home Run backs were redeemable for baseballs so while I'm sure there was a diverse population of those backs at the time of printing the vast majority got turned in for a baseball. There's a reason that virtually all of the 3B and HR backs that have been found are Gehrig and Ruth -- they're most likely to have been kept despite the prize involved. Finding a "common" with one of those backs is like trying to get a wet noodle up a bobcat's ass in a telephone booth.

Arthur

[darwinbulldog]

Originally Posted by HasselhoffsCheeseburger

The Three Bagger and Home Run backs were redeemable for baseballs so while I'm sure there was a diverse population of those backs at the time of printing the vast majority got turned in for a baseball. There's a reason that virtually all of the 3B and HR backs that have been found are Gehrig and Ruth -- they're most likely to have been kept despite the prize involved. Finding a "common" with one of those backs is like trying to get a wet noodle up a bobcat's ass in a telephone booth.

Arthur

Do you believe that all W502s were printed with the Three Bager and Home Run backs?

[HasselhoffsCheeseburger]

Originally Posted by darwinbulldog

Do you believe that all W502s were printed with the Three Bager and Home Run backs?

I have a Bob O'Farrell with a Home Run back so I have no reason to believe that all of the cards in the set weren't printed with all of the back variations.

Arthur

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by HasselhoffsCheeseburger

…Finding a "common" with one of those backs is like trying to get a wet noodle up a bobcat's ass in a telephone booth.

Arthur

That’s a hilarious quote right there!

[ValKehl]

Both types of Leader Theatre (Located in Washington, DC) cards are rare. Leon showed the W575-1 type earlier in this thread, and here is the W573 type:

[ValKehl]

Similar to the Wool's Bread card of a boxer that Adam W. showed earlier in this thread, here are couple of rare W551 cards of baseball players with Wool's Bread backs:

[sb1]

Originally Posted by fisherboy7

T208 Cullivan’s Fireside

T216 Mino/Virginia Extra

E107 with Breisch-Williams overprint

D303 Mother’s Bread


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All of the E107 Breisch-Williams overprints are one of a kind, no player is know with two OP's. I believe all of the stamps were applied at the same time by the same person.

[frohme]

T207 Red Cross - of the 14 or so players yet found with the back, all but one are at present unique. The other has two.