ACN — American Card Number ACN — American Card Number

Era 1 of 10

Pre-war

1886–1941

Sets
445
Cards listed
40,108
Publishers
168

Pre-war (1886–1941)

Tobacco cards, caramel cards, gum cards and more. This is where the hobby starts, and where reliable identification matters most. Many early cards carry no number, and the same picture can appear with a dozen different advertising backs. ACN gives each distinct card its own permanent number, using the familiar American Card Catalog set codes like T206 and R319, so a card from 1909 can be cited as precisely as one from last year.

Years 1886–1941 · 44 years with sets

  1. 18861 set · 14 cards
  2. 18878 sets · 5,064 cards
  3. 18888 sets · 259 cards
  4. 18892 sets · 47 cards
  5. 18931 set · 25 cards
  6. 18941 set · 4 cards
  7. 18951 set · 48 cards
  8. 18961 set · 28 cards
  9. 19001 set · 25 cards
  10. 19031 set · 160 cards
  11. 19082 sets · 318 cards
  12. 190913 sets · 6,799 cards
  13. 191022 sets · 2,189 cards
  14. 191118 sets · 3,571 cards
  15. 19128 sets · 1,400 cards
  16. 191312 sets · 553 cards
  17. 191417 sets · 949 cards
  18. 19158 sets · 728 cards
  19. 19169 sets · 1,302 cards
  20. 19179 sets · 1,086 cards
  21. 19181 set · 103 cards
  22. 19195 sets · 335 cards
  23. 192010 sets · 578 cards
  24. 192118 sets · 831 cards
  25. 192217 sets · 1,782 cards
  26. 192312 sets · 930 cards
  27. 19245 sets · 226 cards
  28. 19257 sets · 449 cards
  29. 19267 sets · 351 cards
  30. 19279 sets · 538 cards
  31. 192814 sets · 744 cards
  32. 192914 sets · 464 cards
  33. 193011 sets · 373 cards
  34. 193111 sets · 503 cards
  35. 193212 sets · 403 cards
  36. 193321 sets · 1,244 cards
  37. 193421 sets · 1,630 cards
  38. 193516 sets · 582 cards
  39. 193627 sets · 995 cards
  40. 193714 sets · 426 cards
  41. 193812 sets · 350 cards
  42. 193917 sets · 686 cards
  43. 194012 sets · 601 cards
  44. 19419 sets · 415 cards

No sets registered yet in 12 years: 1890⁠–⁠1892, 1897⁠–⁠1899, 1901⁠–⁠1902, 1904⁠–⁠1907.

Key sets The largest sets by cards listed.