Editor’s Notes (May 2020)
Here’s a look at the happenings on the Pre-War Cards site in the last month
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Is a Missing 1887 Buchner Gold Coin Image Found on a 19th Century Pencil Box?
A rare collectible from the late 1800s recycled famous images from the 1887 Buchner Gold Coin baseball card set while creating a mystery
Read moreA Recent Find Offers Proof That Several N284 Buchner Gold Coin Overprinted Posters Existed
While only one overprinted N284 Buchner Gold Coin poster may have been known, we have proof more existed
Read moreAre 1887 Buchner Gold Coin Cards Really Generic? Nope.
The 1887 Buchner Gold Coin set is a unique issue. The set includes 143 baseball cards and has been famous for being a set that includes generic images of players. That assumption, however, isn’t really correct. Introduction to the 1887 Buchner Gold Coin Set If you’re unfamiliar with it, the 1887 Buchner Gold Coin set features some of baseball’s earliest
Read moreBreaking into Pre-War Collecting: Tobacco Cards
Been a little while since I wrote one of my ‘Breaking into Pre-War Collecting’ articles. If you missed the first two, I first covered game cards and then strip cards. Today, I wanted to tackle arguably the most popular of all pre-war cards: tobacco cards. What Are Tobacco Cards? Tobacco cards, quite simply, are what they sound like. These are
Read moreGeorge Wood Horizontal Pose a Gem in the 1887 N284 Buchner Gold Coin Set
The 1887 N284 Buchner set is kind of a strange issue. It is heralded as a great set by some because of a checklist that includes early cards of numerous Hall of Famers but is also disregarded by others because of its repeated images. But whatever you think of the set, one card that demands attention is a curious one
Read more1887 Buchner Gold Coin Card Set (N284)
The 1887 Buchner Gold Coin set (N284) includes many of the leading baseball players of the 19th century
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