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Posted By: Gilbert Maines

And others, including me, prefer a rookie card to show the players rookie picture.

Independent of date of card manufacture or distribution, so long as it is produced and released in the same nominal period as the actual rookie year.

Failing to achieve that, as close an approximation to the ideal is preferable, to me.

It is all the picture, Not the card nor its issuance date.

In the event of a tie in the year of the picture generation, then these other factors become criteria.

Edited to add: This is part of what makes this forum interesting to me. Many opinions, approaches and interests.