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Huck 02-21-2022 04:55 PM

Topps Venezuelan
 
What am I missing? Faded card stock aside, what makes the following card from the Venezuelan series?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/13402921623...gAAOSwjxliENt5

Thank you.

ronniehatesjazz 02-21-2022 05:04 PM

That's pretty much it. I'm not an expert on them but the paper stock used for them was very brittle and the cards are incredibly difficult to find in mid grade and almost impossible to find in high grade.

There may be some ways to identify them in certain years but for me, like tobacco cards, once you see and hold enough of them they are easy to spot.

Huck 02-21-2022 05:07 PM

Thanks. I searched all over the card for some kind of identifier, but I could not identify any difference from the standard Topps issue.

swarmee 02-21-2022 05:44 PM

Definitely a Venezuelan; the hot pink in the back color is distinct IMO. The cut and the thinness are also a tell that you sometimes can tell from photos.
PSA has gotten some of these wrong over time.

Cliff Bowman 02-21-2022 05:47 PM

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1966 Topps and 1966 Venezuelan Topps have noticeably different color backs, the regular Topps have a pinkish orange and I've seen the 1966 Venezuelan backs described as a burnt orange. The most difficult Venezuelan cards to discern are the 1959 high numbers that have Printed In The USA on the back and the 1960 Venezuelan high numbers.

Orioles1954 02-21-2022 07:16 PM

For 1966s Venezuelans the biggest identifier is that there is absolutely no gloss to the paper stock. Put a Venezuelan in with a stack of regular 66s and the recognition is immediate.


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