The Truly "Tough" cards

[drdduet]

Type I Coupons are truly TOUGH, samples are scarce, but individuals are RARE!

[oaks1912]

Steve,
Not to browbeat the point, or you, but the Bohen full card exists in a handfull or two Zeenut collections. The trimmed 'marionette' version that Lipset offered several years ago had no nameplate, so a complete example had to exist with which to compare the marionette. Collectors would not have known how the caption read (which is the most important part of Zeenuts). There are a number of advanced collectors that do not read this board, post scans, or 'brag' about their collections. If you really want an image, contact the California Historical Society on Mission Street in San Francisco. They have one in their collection (top trimmed, but identifiable) that they can photograph for you. It usually takes 6-8 weeks and they will charge you about $50 for the service... Mark

[drdduet]

Great stuff Ted!

In your experience, would you say that all the superprint T206's with the Sovereign 460 backs are TOUGHIES?

[Jacklitsch]

Thanks.

Guess I've been told.

[tedzan]

Interesting that you should ask........

"In your experience, would you say that all the superprint T206's with the Sovereign 460 backs are TOUGHIES ?"

Because my experience has been that both Chase's and Matty are more often seen than Chance and Evers. And,
Cobb is seldom seen. I've compared this with other veteran T206 collectors and our experiences are very similar.

If you're interested, I'll search for my numbers and post them on these 6 super-prints with SOVEREIGN 460 backs.

Best regards,

TED Z

[E93]

Ted,
It is my understanding that there were six know Cobb/Cobb backs when Rob Lifson brought five more to the hobby in 1997, bringing the total to 11. Since then I know of one other that was found - thus, 12. Perhaps the Senator Russel example was not previously counted (though I am not sure about that) and that would make 13. Are you aware of an additional example?
JimB

[D. Broughman]

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