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gray back vs white back...59s (which is scarcer?)

mintonlyplsmintonlypls Posts: 2,147 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Apparently...Topps printed one of its series in 1959 with both gray and white backs starting w/card #199 and ending w/card #286. PSA has started labeling these cards as such. Looking at the pop report...I would say the scarcer is the gray back. Yes?
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  • lostdart58lostdart58 Posts: 2,938 ✭✭✭
    .......about the same
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  • bishopbishop Posts: 2,917 ✭✭✭
    A few years back I decided to include both back versions with my set. I found the gray backs to be less common than whites but agree with Lodstart the differential is not significant and I did not notice a premium of any significance on the gray versions

    If you are interested in the 1959 set there is a great thread near the top of the PSA Registry Forum. It includes a discussion on latter pages about this grading change and the dual colored cards as well. Plus it has some amazing examples of the cards from this great set

    Dual color series are not unusual in Topps sets. In the 52 and 54 sets the gray backs are quite scarce in the dual series and command huge premiums. The 56 and 60 sets also have white and gray card series.

    Topps Baseball-1948, 1951 to 2017
    Bowman Baseball -1948-1955
    Fleer Baseball-1923, 1959-2007

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  • miwlvrnmiwlvrn Posts: 4,266 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I've been wondering when/if they'd start recognizing this back variation on the flips for a long time. Glad to see they are doing it now. I really hope they will start doing similar for 1973 OPC hockey.
  • clarke442clarke442 Posts: 610 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: miwlvrn

    I really hope they will start doing similar for 1973 OPC hockey.




    Amen to that!

    I gave up that hope a couple of years ago!



  • miwlvrnmiwlvrn Posts: 4,266 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: clarke442

    Originally posted by: miwlvrn

    I really hope they will start doing similar for 1973 OPC hockey.




    Amen to that!

    I gave up that hope a couple of years ago!







    Gotta say, if they do it for 1981 OPC baseball, then they should also do it for 1973 OPC hockey. Makes no sense to be inconsistent in that way.



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