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Originally Posted by steve B
With Topps it's a bit of a mystery. I don't think it's a first/second run thing, because it's found on a lot of Topps cards from that era. I think it may indicate which side of the two sheet wide press sheet the cards were on if the cards were from a set that had the same layout on both sides.
Except.............
It's not a variation on some sets where it should be.
Either way there should be half of each set that are marginally harder with one or the other, since only 5 1/2 sets fit on a 132 card sheet.
Some of the individual positions may be identifiable, but I haven't had enough of them to find any differences.
Steve B
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I agree with this theory. The 1977 Topps Cloth cards were printed the same way, each one can be found with either * or ** in the copyright line.