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Originally Posted by deweyinthehall
I did a quick image search of coins checklists on COMC and those that are lightly marked (i.e. perhaps 20 coins at most) tend to be marked throughout the entire 153 coin set, giving more weight, I think, to the notion that all coins were issued randomly in 2, 3 and 4.
In the 1971 article above, the author notes that there were no coins in 5 and 6, but that the "old 8x11 poster or 1970 game cards were substituted" - given this was written contemporaneously with the ripping of packs in late 1971, it seems clear that Topps inserted posters as well - the 1970 posters were more square than 8x11, but regardless does anyone recall these being pulled from late 1971 packs?
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No, I am from the Midwest and there were no poster inserts in my 1971 Topps in southern Minnesota. As for the "1970 game cards", I assume he meant the scratch-offs. Since these were essentially the same in 1970 and 1971, I don't recall whether any white background 1970s were planted in 1971 packs-- it would have been of very little importance to me if I ever noticed. After opening the first of these in 1970, I "played" the scratch-off only a couple of times and then never even bothered to really look at the insides again. Curious as to how many here routinely played this game and thereby "ruined" their scratch-off cards?
Informative thread-- thanks.
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