70's topps baseball....
begsu1013
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other than the 71's, what is the consensus on the hardest set to put together quality wise.
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Jmaciu's Collection
Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
same guy that sold me a few nice cards (mantles/ryans) last week has come across binder upon binder full of just insanely nice cards (mostly commons and semi-stars)...all from the 70s and just in insane pack fresh condition.
he doesn't want to let them all go at once, but he's gonna let me pick a year or 2. thinking most of them would grade 8, minimum....
so, we are heading right back up his way for the Clemson game and I need to pick a year or 2 out....
71's are gonna get bought. period.
1974 OPC
In terms of physical condition, the cards from the 70s that most show signs of wear, corner issues and handling (besides 1971 black borders) are 1970 gray borders and 1975 colored borders (regular and mini). If centering is your hot button then 1979, 1975 and 1973 are the toughest. 1977 also has some issues with physical condition and registration because they used an inferior paper stock in that year.
Dave
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75
77
73
The rest, eehh.
<< <i>don't want to ruffle any feathers, but I'm not a real big fan of the 75 series...I know their tough, just not my year... >>
75 is hideous. I collect everything Yaz and I still don't have his 75 mini because I don't want to have to look at it.
in high grade NM-MT/Mint condition. I would agree that the 1973 card stock and the black backs make them more difficult
in higher grades.
Topps used inferior softer card stock in both 77 and 79 which made those years especially tough, too.
None of the Topps issues though are even remotely close to any OPC issues in terms of difficulty. Centering was absolutely horrid for most 1970s OPC baseball issues./ You could go through 10 packs of 1975 OPC without pulling one card centered better than 70/30. Same for 1974 OPC.
Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.