Based on the feedback I’ve received from other Top Ten lists I’ve published, it seems like people enjoy them. So, I decided to put one together for my favorite back. Besides being one of the most aesthetically pleasing backs in the T206 set, Brown Hindu is notable for being the only back that is unique to the 150-350 Series*. There are 136 poses in the Brown Hindu Subset. Brown Hindu is the most valuable back for almost all of these 136 poses (with a handful of exceptions noted below)**.
I’ve attempted to list these these cards in terms of demand (current market value) from highest to lowest. I started with 17 poses and worked it down to ten. The other 7 are listed as honorable mentions below. As always, this is a subjective list and some readers may disagree with an exclusion or two. Overall, I think it’s about right though.
Without further ado:
1. Walter Johnson (Portrait)
2. Cy Young (Portrait)
3. Christy Mathewson (Portrait)
4. Christy Mathewson (White Cap)
5. Nap Lajoie (Portrait)
6. Joe Tinker (Portrait)
7. Mordecai Brown (Portrait)
8. Johnny Evers (Portrait)
9. Ed Walsh
10. Addie Joss (Portrait)
Honorable Mentions:
-Evers (Cubs on Shirt)
-Brown (Cubs on Shirt)
-Chance (Red Background Portrait)
-Lajoie (Throwing)
-McGraw (Portrait)
-Tinker (Hands on Knees)
-Waddell (Portrait)
*Sovereign 150 also technically falls into this category, but because Sovereign backs were printed throughout the set. Therefore, I feel Sovereign 150 has more in common with Old Mill and EPDG than Brown Hindu.
**The exceptions to this rule include the following “Elite Eleven” poses:
- Dahlen Boston Piedmont 350
- Ewing Piedmont 350
- Ganley Piedmont 350
- Jones, Tom Piedmont 350
- Lindaman Piedmont 350
- Schulte Piedmont 350
- Shaw, Al Piedmont 350
- Spencer Piedmont 350