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Posted By: Paul

I want to stay away from Refractors as much as anyone. But I do think 1979 is a better choice than 1969. In the early 70s, Topps had a bunch of obscure and interesting test issues, like the 1970 cloth stickers and candy lids, and the 1973 comics and pin ups. Maybe some will say that there's not much worth discussing about these sets -- their checklists are known, there are no variations waiting to be found. But I think you could say the same thing about 1949 Bowman PCLs. It would be interesting to see which ones people have, to see scans of them posted, and to see who is trying to complete these sets.

There are also some nice Venezuelan sets from the 70s that have nothing to do with the Topps sets of the same era.