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Rob deLorimier1971 Topps- my favorite set!
I may have something worthwhile to add to this discussion-
About 10 years ago I obtained, and subsequently opened, a vending box with primarily 5th series cards. The box contained 533 cards (yes- 33 more than the advertised 500!) Of the 533 cards, 357 were from the 5th series. Of the remainder, 138 were from the 4th series and 37 were from the 3rd series. I kept a list of the cards from the box, so I can tell you exactly how many of each card were in the vending box. This may not absolutely tell you which cards might be short printed or double printed, but then again it might. Of course there were many cards with multiple examples, including 6 each of #547 (P. Dobson) and 593 (Aker), and 5 each of #'s 526 (Jarvis), 534 (Walker), 542 (B. Miller), 584 (Indians Team), 610 (Otis), 620 (F. Howard) and 622 (Lahoud). On the other hand, there were only 1 each of #540 (Dierker), 551 (Linzy) 573 (Kranepool), 582 (D Cash) , 590 (A. Johnson), 592 (Hundley), 608 (Wegener), 612 (Indians RC) , 631 (Fisher) and 635 (Murcer). For all the other cards in the 5th series, there were 2 to 4 examples each. Interesting, but I don't know if it tells you anything or not!