1960 was the last year that I collected cards when I was a kid. Although I agree that Mantle's card is really good looking, I didn't care much for the 1960 set back then for these 2 reasons:
(1) The cards were in horizontal format, after I had become totally conditioned to Topps cards in the vertical format since the 1957 set (my favorite set as a kid) was issued.
(2) The backs of the cards didn't have the stats for each year of a player's career, like the 1957 and 1959 Topps cards did. I've always liked numbers (which likely explains why I became an accountant for my career), and as a kid, I loved "studying" a player's stats on the back of his card.
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Seeking very scarce/rare cards for my Sam Rice master collection, e.g., E210 York Caramel Type 2 (upgrade), 1931 W502, W504 (upgrade), W572 sepia, W573, 1922 Haffner's Bread, 1922 Keating Candy, 1922 Witmor Candy Type 2 (vertical back), 1926 Sports Co. of Am. with ad & blank backs. Also 1917 Merchants Bakery & Weil Baking cards of WaJo. Also E222 cards of Lipe, Revelle & Ryan.
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