Anson (hands outstretched), 1st Base, Chicago, from the Gold Coin series (N284) for Gold Coin Chewing Tobacco

Publisher D. Buchner & Co., New York American

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(Cap) Anson (hands outstretched), 1st Base, Chicago, trade card from the "Gold Coin" series (N284), issued by D. Buchner in 1887 to promote Gold Coin Chewing Tobacco. In the American Card Catalog, Burdick refers to the series as "Leading Baseball Players, Police Inspectors and Captains, Jockeys, and Actors." The images in this series do not always represent the specific athletes named.

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