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Originally Posted by Laxcat
There is one for Valenzuela as well ‘81, I think. I always figured it was a way to fill out the trades set and give the rookies that share a card with someone else a card of their own.
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As well as be able to use the hot rookies getting their first "solo" Topps card as a selling point.
In the early days of the "traded" sets, there was a controversy about whether such cards, and first Topps cards of players who didn't make it in that year's base set, were "legitimate" rookie cards because they were not available in packs, only in the sets.