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1971 Baseball CardsBy Patrick Mondout
The year nineteen-seventy-one was a great one for baseball card
collectors. Topps released one of its classic sets ('71
Topps) and a highly-collectible test issue, the Topps
Greatest Moments, and pair of insert issues that kids found groovy in
the Topps Coins and Topps Tattoos
(see below).
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1971
Cards at a Glance |
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Bazooka (a Topps brand)
produced a 36 card set as a series
of 12 panels, one of which could be
found on each 25 count boxes of
their 1¢ packs of gum. These
2" x 2 5/8" cards have no
numbers identifying them and are
very similar to the 1960 Bazooka
cards. A much more scarce test issue
of 48 cards was also issued which
did feature card numbers. A
checklist is here.
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Holloway's
produced a rather unattractive set
of 69 1-13/16" x 2-5/8"
sepia photos on tan panels found on
the back of 5¢ boxes Milk Duds.
They are scarce today and complete
boxes go for $10 to $50 and up. |
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Kellogg's
2nd 3D set had a number of errors
(or variations, if you prefer). You
can read about this set here
(which also includes a checklist). |
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Canadian
Topps licensesee O-Pee-Chee
produced their largest set to date
in 1971. The cards featured backs
that were quite different than '71
Topps (see left). A checklist and
more detailed description is here. |
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The
black bordered '71 Topps set
is covered here
and a checklist is here. |
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Topps
Coins were
introduced as an insert in '71 Topps
wax packs. The set of 153 coins were
released in three batches. The first
51 featured brass backs, the second
51 blue backs (like the one on the
left), and the final 51 had chrome
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Topps
Greatest Moments - a 2 1/2 x 4
3/4 test issue featuring 55 cards -
is a very scarce set that often tops
$1,000 on the rare occasions it is
offered. A checklist is here. |
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Topps
continued to put Scratch Off
game cards in packs of 1971 baseball
cards. The card on the left shows
the only difference between these
and the '70s Scratch Offs - the red
borders around the black scratch off
boxes (see our
picture in 1970 for a
comparison). |
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Topps
Supers with their large,
borderless photos were back largely
unchanged from 1970. A checklist for
the 63 cards is here. |
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Though Topps had produced Tattoos
before, this is still a very unusual
issue. It folds out to measure
3.5" by 14.25" and is
considered a scarce test issue. What
you see on the left is a wax pack
wrapper and one panel featuring Pete
Rose (his image is supposed to be
reverse due to how the tattoo was to
be applied). There were six panels
connected by perforated paper. As
rare as these are, its even more
rare to find them intact.
There were 16 different sheets
and each featured six players, a
facsimile autograph, a team pennant,
and cartoon players.
The tattoos came off easily with
water, so if you see some
middle-aged guy with Clyde Wright
tattooed on his arm, be afraid. Be very
afraid!
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1971 BASEBALL CARDS |
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