The card was designed and issued by the American Tobacco Company (ATC) from 1909 to 1911 as part of its T206 series.

[1] The card with the Ty Cobb Smoking Tobacco World back is rarer than the famous T206 Honus Wagner, which had a limited production.

"[6] In 2016, a cache of 7 T206 Ty Cobb baseball cards were discovered in a paper bag when a family was cleaning out their deceased great-grandfather's home.

[7] These cards were nicknamed the "Lucky 7"[2] and brought the total number of known T206 Ty Cobb's in existence to 22.

[3] In August 2022, Jeff Weisenberg purchased a collection of 1,000 T206 cards which included 16 Ty Cobbs.