T206 Miscuts

There are many miscuts in the T206 (and T205) set that can help us learn about the layout of the sheets these cards were printed on.

There are many types of miscuts on T206s:

1.  Some of them show a second name at the top of the card and that name can either be of the same player shown on the card or it could be of a different player.  It is much more rare to find a different name at the top of the card.
2. Some of them have multiple images of the ad on the back.  This doesn't help with the layout of the sheets but are cool miscuts all the same.
3. Others are just very miscut where half a card top is shown with half of the bottom of the card above it on the sheet is showing.  In these cases, again, it is much more rare to find a different player shown rather than the same player in both positions
4. There are also miscut examples where there is no additional card above the miscut card which suggests that the card was printed at the top of the sheet.

I wanted to focus on the third type where the cards are just really badly miscut and two card are seen.  I'm not going to try to theorize the layout of a sheet here, just show some miscut cards. 

Here are some examples that I found online for your viewing pleasure.

 

 

How about a couple Hall of Famers...

 

 

Here are a couple of the much harder to find ones with different players top and bottom...

 

 

And I'll throw in a couple T205s just for good measure.

 

 



 

Here is an example of the fourth type I mentioned above, where there is nothing above the player that is miscut.  This card must have been at the top of the sheet.

 

 

 

These are just some examples that you can find out there.  There are a ton of double name cards where there is a name at the top and bottom of the card.  They are out there guys, good luck finding them if you like them and want to pick one up.

 

Enjoy the hobby all...it's a great one.