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Posted By: MW

Mike --

The last time I checked, all of Hank Aaron's regular-issued cards had a number on the back.

T206s, on the other hand, are not numbered and are usually indexed or sorted by the players' last names. Alphabetically, Bill Abstein is one of the first cards in the T206 Series.

For those who did not index or store their T206s in reverse alphabetical or completely random order during the "prehistoric" pre-slab era, early cards such as the Abstein were prone to greater amounts of wear.

Certainly, it is not an unusual phenomenon to find the first several cards in ANY vintage set to be more condition scarce than the rest. Why do you think this is the only "8" in the hobby? Happenstance? Mischievously hungry T206 hobgoblins? Too many collectors of tobacco cards named Toonces?