1971 Topps Coins Poppage

scotgreb · December 10, 2008 9:25AM

Overall I'm pretty pleased - Just 1 PSA 10 from the group but that's not unusual -- 10s are extremely rare.

PSA 9s are also pretty tough -- getting 10 of 38 is all I can ask.

All that I submitted were very strong -- the grading differences are generally attributed to centering rather than condition.

Of the 38 coins;

PSA 7 = 8
PSA 8 = 19
PSA 9 = 10
PSA 10 = 1

Note that PSA does not award 1/2 grades to coins.

Line # Item # Cert # Grade Description Type Country
1 1 15618178 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1971 TOPPS COINS 90 JIM PALMER Card US
2 1 15618179 MINT 9 1971 TOPPS COINS 61 ORLANDO CEPEDA Card US
3 1 15618180 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1971 TOPPS COINS 37 PHIL NIEKRO Card US
4 1 15618181 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1971 TOPPS COINS 75 BILLY WILLIAMS Card US
5 1 15618182 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1971 TOPPS COINS 18 VADA PINSON Card US
6 1 15618183 MINT 9 1971 TOPPS COINS 8 FELIPE ALOU Card US
7 1 15618184 NEAR MINT 7 1971 TOPPS COINS 15 BILL MAZEROSKI Card US
8 1 15618185 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1971 TOPPS COINS 133 OLLIE BROWN Card US
9 1 15618186 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1971 TOPPS COINS 117 JOE MORGAN Card US
10 1 15618187 NEAR MINT 7 1971 TOPPS COINS 21 BILLY GRABARKEWITZ Card US
11 1 15618188 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1971 TOPPS COINS 112 ANDY MESSERSMITH Card US
12 1 15618189 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1971 TOPPS COINS 28 SANDY ALOMAR Card US
13 1 15618190 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1971 TOPPS COINS 89 DENIS MENKE Card US
14 1 15618191 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1971 TOPPS COINS 62 AL KALINE Card US
15 1 15618192 NEAR MINT 7 1971 TOPPS COINS 71 ROBERTO CLEMENTE Card US
16 1 15618193 MINT 9 1971 TOPPS COINS 145 DON SUTTON Card US
17 1 15618194 MINT 9 1971 TOPPS COINS 115 STEVE CARLTON Card US
18 1 15618195 NEAR MINT 7 1971 TOPPS COINS 123 WILLIE STARGELL Card US
19 1 15618196 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1971 TOPPS COINS 128 TONY OLIVA Card US
20 1 15618197 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1971 TOPPS COINS 16 LUIS APARICIO Card US
21 1 15618198 NEAR MINT 7 1971 TOPPS COINS 3 JIM BUNNING Card US
22 1 15618199 MINT 9 1971 TOPPS COINS 9 JIM McGLOTHLIN Card US
23 1 15618200 GEM MINT 10 1971 TOPPS COINS 140 TOMMY HARPER Card US
24 1 15618201 MINT 9 1971 TOPPS COINS 111 RUSTY STAUB Card US
25 1 15618202 MINT 9 1971 TOPPS COINS 41 DON WILSON Card US
26 1 15618203 NEAR MINT 7 1971 TOPPS COINS 50 FRANK ROBINSON Card US
27 1 15618204 MINT 9 1971 TOPPS COINS 34 ROY WHITE Card US
28 1 15618205 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1971 TOPPS COINS 114 BROOKS ROBINSON Card US
29 1 15618206 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1971 TOPPS COINS 153 WILLIE MAYS Card US
30 1 15618207 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1971 TOPPS COINS 118 THURMAN MUNSON Card US
31 1 15618208 MINT 9 1971 TOPPS COINS 93 WILLIE DAVIS Card US
32 1 15618209 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1971 TOPPS COINS 150 MIKE CUELLAR Card US
33 1 15618210 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1971 TOPPS COINS 24 ROD CAREW Card US
34 1 15618211 NEAR MINT 7 1971 TOPPS COINS 58 CARL YASTRZEMSKI Card US
35 1 15618212 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1971 TOPPS COINS 137 HANK AARON Card US
36 1 15618213 MINT 9 1971 TOPPS COINS 101 PETE ROSE Card US
37 1 15618214 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1971 TOPPS COINS 63 BOB GIBSON Card US
38 1 15618215 NEAR MINT 7 1971 TOPPS COINS 100 HARMON KILLEBREW Card US

calaban7 · December 10, 2008 9:41AM

Real nice grades on this tough set.

Where did you obtain the raw coins?

Again congradulation---Sonny

scotgreb · December 10, 2008 9:58AM

Thanks Sonny -- most of these came from a recent raw set+ purchase.

A bought a single from an ebay seller and it was very nice. I (quickly) contacted him and found that he had another 200 coins. I paid him $225 for the lot. That might seem like a bargain but if the entire set was graded, my total cost would be well over $1,000. These days, there would have to be a decent percentage of 9s to bring more than $1,000 for the set.

I also have another nice raw set that I bought about 10 years ago -- it also produced many 9s. A couple that I sold for $250 each -- that was when the pops were much lower.

I'll ultimately only keep one set -- maybe raw, maybe graded and maybe some combination -- still trying to figure that out.

I have great memories of pulling these from packs when I was 7 or 8 years old. '71 and '72 are definitely my two favorite years.