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Posted By: Paul

Topps didn't dump the 52 high numbers in the ocean to create scarcity. The cards are scarce because no retailers wanted to buy them in 1952. They sat in a Topps warehouse until about 1960 when Topps officials dumped them into the ocean to save storage space.

I'd call that real scarcity, though obviously these cards aren't nearly as scarce as many other cards.