I just spot checked about 7 guys and all were in the 1962 All Star Games. I don't have time to check the whole list right now but it looks like that might be the All Star year in question, making these a 1962 or 63 issue. I suspect these were pieces originally created for internal design purposes, like we've seen with many others that Topps cobbled together over the years, and then they went into an early test stage which resulted in the cards we know today. The 1960 inset photos being used don't necessarily correlate to a 1961 date for Dice Game; Topps often used archival photos years after they were used in a set for such creations.
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