T216 Peoples Tobacco (Mino, Kotton, Virginia Extra) Set and Checklist

Posted on September 28, 2016 by Pre-War Cards

‘It’s In The Details’

Title	T216 Peoples Tobacco
Year	1911-16 (?)
Size	1 1/2″ x 2 5/8″
Images	Color
Type	Tobacco
Number in Set	74

T216 Peoples Tobacco (Mino, Kotton, Virginia Extra) Overview

The T216 Peoples Tobacco set includes cards with three different advertising backs for their Mino, Kotton, and Virginia Extra brands. Kotton is the easiest to find while Mino and Virginia Extra are more difficult.

The cards feature color lithographs on the front along with the player’s name, position, and team at the bottom. The cards were printed on two types of card stock – one is noticeably thinner than the other.

Images on the fronts were also used in other caramel card issues. Several different backs are used to represent the various Peoples Tobacco brands.

This is another issue that is believed to be distributed in the Louisiana area.

The dating on these cards appears to have mixed thoughts. Some sources attribute it to being produced from 1911 through 1914. Others say it extended into 1916.

T216 Peoples Tobacco (Mino, Kotton, Virginia Extra) Backs

While Mino and Virginia Extra cards have a single back, Kotton has three. Here are pictures of the five backs from the T216 issue.

T216 Kotton Mild and Sweet Back T216 Kotton Never Go Out Extra Back T216 Kotton Never Go Out Back T216 Virginia Extra Back T216 Mino Back

T216 Peoples Tobacco (Mino, Kotton, Virginia Extra) Checklist

The checklist is the same across the three brands but it should be noted that numerous variations exist with regards to the printing in the bottom border below the pictures. Some players have cards with different positions, different team/league abbreviations, different team names, and more. As if all of that wasn’t enough, like many other caramel card sets, several players have pose variations. While 74 different pictures are in the set, more than 100 different cards are actually present counting all of the variations.

Please note that this checklist does not include all of the various print variations. Only true pose variations as well as font/background variations are listed as different cards.