Is this the Holy Grail of N9s?

MorrellMan

I'll start here with this question, since I feel a proprietary pride in helping launch this particular board.

To quote Forbes & Mitchell, page 39 of the American Tobacco Cards Price Guide & Checklist:


Two other very scarce variations are the Belgium Fancy and the Great Britain Yellow Sun....The Great Britain card is normally found with a green sun while the variation has the sun in yellow. Knapp (a collector that Forbes & Mitchell cite in an earlier paragraph as having "seen thousands of N9 cards but had seen or heard of only six Roumanias and 12 Coreas besides his own!") knew of only two collectors who had these (yellow sun) cards.

I haven't seen thousands of these cards; rather my experience is pretty much limited to an occasional glance plus a group of about 30 cards that are mine - excellent fronts, various stains on the back. However, in going through my partial set, I found this:




Can anybody verify that the yellow sun is indeed the scarce variation? Or is it the green sun?
Thanks for looking.

Archaninator

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ColleSystem

I am unfamiliar with that set of cards. But by the quote that you provided, I would say that you have the yellow variation. You should try getting an email address for the person that is quoted from and shoot them an email.

-Scott

MorrellMan

I have learned from another source that the ACC lists the Royal Standard Great Britain card as having a yellow or gold sun. Somewhere there's a goof, and I'll get to the bottom of it.

Archaninator - you're welcome and welcome!

ColleSystem

I don't suppose either version is all that common.