Card Identification Forum

I'm not up on my old Pirates. Anyone recognize him and where he might have been cut from?

It's Will Cooper from the 1920 Strip Card (W516) set.  There were 5 different versions of this 30 card set (W516-1-1, W516-1-2, W516-2-1, W516-2-2, W516-2-3).  I'm not yet sure which version yours is from.  Give me a minute. 

If it's card #19, it's W516-1-1. If it's card #12 it's W516-2-3.

And yours is severely trimmed so we'll never know.

Thank you guys very much. I'll put it in my mutilated card box.

I had a chance to look a little deeper into this one.  I'm fairly certain that you have a 1920 Strip Card (W516-2-3) #12.  

The W516-1-1 shown above contains more than just red and blue ink and has a normal portrait.  A W516-1-2 would also have more colors than just red and blue, but would have a reverse portrait.

The W516-2-1 and W516-2-3 both only used red and blue ink.  The W516-2-1 and W516-2-2 both have a reversed portrait (distinguished by coloring and typeset) while the W516-2-3 has a normal portrait.  

Your card uses only red and blue ink and has a normal portrait, so it can only be a W516-2-3.   

...really cool find.

Wow, thanks so much! I'm trying to find that set in the DB--having no luck. Can you point me to the category?

Very good possibility. But, I'd still have to say it's inconclusive without the card number. The coloring was extremely inconsistent with these cards.

Actually, the W516-2-3 are relatively simple to identify because only red and blue ink were used, and the portrait was not reversed.  The only other version that came in only red and blue ink was the W516-2-1, but the portraits were reversed.  It's definitely a W516-2-3.  The three #19's shown above are W516-1-1, and the two #12's shown above are W516-2-2.  There are 3 other versions not shown in any of the photos above. 

This link should help with the different descriptions: 

https://books.google.com/books?id=WSs0DEQyzVkC&pg=PA585&lpg=PA585&dq=w516-2-3&source=bl&ots=NlfRiMXnIM&sig=rYnGss0t5U2y_FYIobyKlAPUIuI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiFt--gtobPAhVfVWMKHaieC-Y4ChDoAQgiMAE#v=onepage&q=w516-2-3&f=false 

This link should help with the different photos:

http://www.number5typecollection.com/2014/01/1921-w516-2-1-w516-2-2-and-w516-2-3.html