Toughest 20th Century tobacco issue advertising back

[ethicsprof]

T231 Fan

best,
barry

[Anthony S.]

Think you meant T231.

[jerseygary]

What about those Pirate backed cards? I was always fascinated by them, in the 2008 REA Auction catalogue it says that supposedly they were issued in packs of tobacco sold to servicemen overseas in the Pacific.

[ethicsprof]

they are mighty tough.
i have the pirate pack but no card!

best,
barry

[Leon]

Even with the internet and thousands of "finds" of, what we used to think were rare cards, this one is still holding it's own...
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[collectbaseball]

I've always thought the Ty Cobb back was one of the rarest.... but I'm not too familiar with less mainstream type cards

[E93]

Originally Posted by collectbaseball

I've always thought the Ty Cobb back was one of the rarest.... but I'm not too familiar with less mainstream type cards

In raw numbers, it is one of the rarest backs. There are only 14-15 known. That would make it much tougher than Pirates in the sense that there are over 100 Pirates. The difference is that for any given Pirate backed card, there are only 1-3 examples of the front image, whereas all the Cobb backs are red portrait Cobbs. But if we are only looking at backs, the Ty Cobb brand definitely ranks.
JimB