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1988 donruss mcgwire reverse coating

swartz1swartz1 Posts: 4,911 ✭✭✭
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Does anyone know anything about these (i.e. have you seen them before/any value?)

Coating is reversed...

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  • EstilEstil Posts: 7,231 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wow, that is the wierdest thing. I guess I should've known this sort of printing error is possible but I never thought I'd see one in the wild. Even if it won't pay off your mortgage it sure is an interesting card!
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  • jrinckjrinck Posts: 1,321 ✭✭
    I don't get it. The one on the left just looks like it was left out in the sun too long--sort of how McGwire looks these days.
  • RipublicaninMassRipublicaninMass Posts: 10,051 ✭✭✭
    well Jri you are 2-3 good attempt though
  • jrinckjrinck Posts: 1,321 ✭✭


    << <i>well Jri you are 2-3 good attempt though >>



    Mark says thank you. image

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  • MeteoriteGuyMeteoriteGuy Posts: 7,140 ✭✭
    Have not seen any before. I imagine all star cards, such as that one, would do well on ebay.

    Could you scan the other side of the card as well?

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  • jrinckjrinck Posts: 1,321 ✭✭
    I was actually being serious, the card on the left simply looks sun faded. What is "reverse coating", anyway?
  • BunchOBullBunchOBull Posts: 6,188 ✭✭✭
    So the glossy coating was applied to the back of the card rather than the front?
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  • metalmikemetalmike Posts: 2,152 ✭✭
    Regular Donruss cards were never coated. Topps Tiffiany's maybe but 1988 Donruss nah..............
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  • swartz1swartz1 Posts: 4,911 ✭✭✭
    I kicked up the resolution a little - it is difficult to see - I pulled these from packs myself - I cant locate the others maybe about 12 total - I had a mcgwire, fisk and commons...



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  • EstilEstil Posts: 7,231 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The glossy side is on the back and the matte side is on the front; that's the key difference.
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    D's: 50P,49S,45D+S,43D,41S,40D,39D+S,38D+S,37D+S,36S,35D+S,all 16-34's
    Q's: 52S,47S,46S,40S,39S,38S,37D+S,36D+S,35D,34D,32D+S
    74T: 241,435,610,654 97 Finest silver: 115,135,139,145,310
    73T:31,55,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,80,152,165,189,213,235,237,257,341,344,377,379,390,422,433,453,480,497,545,554,563,580,606,613,630
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  • StingrayStingray Posts: 8,843 ✭✭✭
    Kind of like when you find an Oreo cookie with one of the chocolate sides facing the wrong way!!
  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 31,873 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Kind of like when you find an Oreo cookie with one of the chocolate sides facing the wrong way!! >>




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  • swartz1swartz1 Posts: 4,911 ✭✭✭
    I guess I should have said "reverse gloss" thanks image

    maybe this pic is better...

    image


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  • HighChopperHighChopper Posts: 1,091
    Wow, that's the darnedest thing I've seen in quite some time.
    There's a hole in my head where the rain comes in.
  • Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,487 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I've never seen that before and didn't even know it existed!

    Very interesting and thanx for sharing.

    mike
    Mike
  • RedHeart54RedHeart54 Posts: 2,285 ✭✭✭
    I have a similar Paul Molitor Fleer card from 1990 or so. Kind of neat but I'd imagine nothing valuable.
  • LeiascardsLeiascards Posts: 3,233
    The sheet was probaly fed into the printer upside down, so every card on that sheet should have the same error.
  • crbattcrbatt Posts: 82


    << <i>The sheet was probaly fed into the printer upside down, so every card on that sheet should have the same error. >>



    Exactly. I don't think 80's Donruss cards ever had an aqueous coating... I think it MUST be that the sheet was fed upside down.
  • swartz1swartz1 Posts: 4,911 ✭✭✭
    ttt

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    - uncut


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  • billwaltonsbeardbillwaltonsbeard Posts: 3,748 ✭✭✭✭
    Are you sure it isn't counterfeit? Those 88 Donruss McGwires are freakin hot!
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  • MeteoriteGuyMeteoriteGuy Posts: 7,140 ✭✭


    << <i>ttt

    only took me 8 months to find these...will send out to player/team collectors if they want ...PM me...

    Randy Bush
    Willie Wilson
    Kelly Gruber
    Mitch Webster
    Ron Oester
    Brian Downing
    Willie Upshaw
    Mike Stanley
    Billy Hatcher >>




    Nice offering. The cards are real if like the McGwire above and the 88 Donruss does have a light coat of gloss. If they didn't gloss it after wards you could clearly see the different areas of ink applied raised from the paper, due to the paper having a little gloss before being printed, and the ink applied not having a gloss.
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  • onionring9onionring9 Posts: 8


    << <i>I kicked up the resolution a little - it is difficult to see - I pulled these from packs myself - I cant locate the others maybe about 12 total - I had a mcgwire, fisk and commons...



    image >>



    Is there a "." after the INC on the one on the right? I haven't seen an INC vs INC. variation for 1988 before. The "." was used by Donruss in later years to depict wax vs factory cards. From the scan, it looked like there wasn't a "." on the one on the right. Is that the case?

    Regardless I haven't ever seen this either and I've been collecting McGwire cards since '87!
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  • swartz1swartz1 Posts: 4,911 ✭✭✭


    Is there a "." after the INC on the one on the right? I haven't seen an INC vs INC. variation for 1988 before. The "." was used by Donruss in later years to depict wax vs factory cards. From the scan, it looked like there wasn't a "." on the one on the right. Is that the case?

    Regardless I haven't ever seen this either and I've been collecting McGwire cards since '87! >>



    Yes - there is a "." after the INC...

    sorry for the delayed response...


    Looking for 1970 MLB Photostamps
    - uncut


    Positive Transactions - tennesseebanker, Ahmanfan, Donruss, Colebear, CDsNuts, rbdjr1, Downtown1974, yankeeno7, drewsef, mnolan, mrbud60, msassin, RipublicaninMass, AkbarClone, rustywilly, lsutigers1973, julen23 and nam812, plus many others...
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