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AnonymousAhhhhh......one of my favorite subjects.....
AL C
I will repeat....these 1947 BB's are my very 1st Baseball cards as a kid and I still have all my original 44 BB subjects.
Over the years I have acquired many of the SQUARE versions. And, for the following reasons, I do NOT think these
were printed with the original ROUND cards.
1.....I, or other veteran collectors, never saw any of the SQUARE cards when we were kids.
2.....More significantly, the SQUARE's are printed on thinner and inferior card stock. (this fact is not that
evident when thse cards are graded (since they are encapsulated).
3....If you compare a ROUND vs a SQUARE card (graded or raw), you will instantly notice two significant differences:
(a) the ROUND pictures are clearer and with distinct contrast vs the SQUARE pix.
(b) the backs of the ROUND ones are consistently creamy white....while the backs of the SQUARE's are quite toned.
4.....Finally....if the SQUARE cards were simply uncirculated, un-ROUNDED originals, then why were not all 48 cards
available with SQUARE corners.
The big "warehouse find" (in the '80s) that many have alluded to, produced only 24 of the 48 cards in the set. And,
no additional ones have ever surfaced.
That's it guys....I cannot make it any clearer than I just did.
TED Z