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What's the deal with the 1974 OPC Hank Aaron Special cards?
BaltimoreYankee
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In the Topps version, the '74 set commemorated Hammerin' Hank with the subset showing 4 years worth of cards at a time. In OPC, there are 4-year cards for 1954-57 and 1970-73 but the years in between all just show 2 years (ie 1960-61, 1968-69).
Anyone know what the rationale was for this?
Daniel
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Look at the back. Since they had to write everything twice(English & French) it took up more space and thus needed more cards.
https://kennerstartinglineup.blogspot.com/
https://1967ers.wordpress.com/2015/07/17/the-74-opc-hank-aarons-how-six-cards-became-nine/
This board never ceases to amaze me! Thanks for the info and the link. Great stuff.
Wow - I never realized there were extra Aarons. I just assumed OPC did not make an Aaron some years so those photos were omitted. Glad to know the real story and that the answer is extra cards.