The Allen & Ginter baseball cards created by Topps in 2006, look like the late 1800s tobacco cards that inspired the series. The picture on the front of the cards looks like a painting. They really are beautiful old-school looking cards.
Allen & Ginter Abraham Lincoln Printing Plate (2006)
Topps Allen & Ginter Printing Plate Cards are highly collectible. They contain one of the printing plates that were used to produce the Allen & Ginter base sets. There is one printing plate for each color used to produce the cards, so there may be several printing plate cards available for a single card design. But because each plate is unique in that it was used for a particular color, each is numbered 1/1.
This Allen & Ginter printing plate card for the Abraham Lincoln series sold on eBay in August 2009, for $202.49.
Abraham Lincoln DNA Relic Card (2009)
The 2009 Topps Allen & Ginter card set includes a 1 of 1 card that features a strand of Abraham Lincoln's hair. The Lincoln card is one of ten DNA cards inserted at 1:186000, making the Lincoln card almost a 1 in 2 million pull.
This Abraham Lincoln DNA card was listed on eBay by slappyesu on October 1, 2009. It was listed with a start price of $4,999 with a Buy It Now option of $14,999, but it didn't sell. It was listed again 12 days later for an opening bid of $3,000 with a Buy It Now of $10,000--with no sale. On October 27, 2009, it was listed for auction again with a reserve price, with a Buy It Now option of $9,999. Fifteen bidders put the price up to $2,085 in a series of 37 bids, but it did not sell because the reserve price was not met.
How does Lincoln compare to King George III? Looks like George had a bit more hair to spare for this card. Still, it fetched a price perhaps a bit shy for a king: $1375 on eBay on October 3, 2009, having been relisted after the first bidder didn't pay for it.
Abraham Lincoln Mini Cards
Mini cards are inserted into each Allen & Ginter pack. They are the same size as the original Allen & Ginter cards (that is, those made before Topps acquired the Allen & Ginter brand): 1-15/32" x 2-11/16".
The mini cards use the same design as the base cards. However, the backs of the cards have variations. Lucky collectors can find rare 1/1 minis printed on wood; these are found only in hobby boxes.
The 2013 Peacemakers set includes a mini insert featuring Abraham Lincoln.
Yosemite National Park (2011)
The 2011 Allen & Ginter National Parks cabinet card issues acknowledges Abraham Lincoln's role in establishing Yosemite National Park. Card CB8 shows Abraham Lincoln and John Conness. Conness was the Senator from California, who introduced a bill to set aside a huge portion of land for the future enjoyment of the citizens. The bill was introduced on May 17, 1864, and signed by Lincoln on June 30, 1864. The Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias were ceded to the state of California.
The 1887-2011 designation on the card is a mystery to some. The first national park in the United States was Yellowstone, established in 1872. Yosemite became a national park in 1890. For baseball card collectors, the year 1887 marks the debut of Allen & Ginter's N28 tobacco cards. The set included world champions who were "base ball players," pugilists (boxers), oarsmen, rifle shooters, wrestlers, billiard players, and pool players. No politicians.
