That 1960 Mantle is exceptional. The main image is focused, and the batting image has great registration, thus avoiding the "caved in" look to one side of his face that many examples have. Also, great print quality— no print defects in the red, the yellow, along the top of the main image pane, or even around the black team logo circle.
All those attributes in one specimen make it quite rare as compared to all the others that were printed. Must look great in hand, because blown up scans always exaggerate flaws, and even blown up on a screen, it looks great.
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