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Old 09-24-2016, 09:30 AM
Griffins Griffins is offline
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Originally Posted by steve_a View Post
PSA puts 1948 on the flips but their set registry is titled 1948-49 which matches the standard catalogue. Keep in mind that the year designation is one made by collectors after the fact. At the time they were "All Star Baseball Bubble Gum", not 1948 All-Stars. I did a quick eBay search and didn't see a prominent year on a wrapper until 76 Topps. Anyone know of an earlier?

1954 Topps has the year on the wrapper. Don't have a scan of my nickel pack but here is the penny


Last edited by Griffins; 09-26-2016 at 03:42 PM. Reason: to add scan of nickel pack
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