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Posted By: Anonymous

To me any card issued in the same calendar year is on equal footing with any other. So in the case for example of Tony Gwynn, his 1983 Topps Fleer and Donruss cards are all his "true" RCs. I also think almost anyone except Hal would agree that if a player first appeared in a traded set, that too is his "true" RC. Even Beckett agrees with that except for a few years they had the stupid "XRC" designation which results in some second year cards like 85 Clemens and 87 Bonds still being misdesignated as RCs.