1953. I like the high quality art, actual paintings, rather than the cut and paste photos on the 1954's. Also do not like the 3 edge border on the 1954's. Not sure why they did this, it doesn't look good and it leads to the problems with the backs.
If player selection is factored, the 1953 gap widens for having Mantle and Paige's best card by far in place of Aaron.
Both lose points for the backs. The 1953's for having the facsimile auto on dark grey stock over the write-up on back making it annoying to read, and the 1954's for losing sense of direction and the cards being oriented differently, making them annoying to flip over in a stack and a nightmare in a binder.
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