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does anyone know why cards in the 1979 topps set are improperly numbered? For example, I have a 1979 topps #8 Larry Bowa AS card. Originally this card was numbered 210, but not on mine. I have a bunch of them like this. I know burger king did a run but Bowa was numbered 15. Anyone?
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Can you post some pictures?
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If the card on the left in both pictures are the same card you have what is known as a wrong back. They are fairly common. 1979 was a stellar year for Topps errors. I have blank fronts, blank backs, wrong backs, and even cards that have 1978 backs with 1979 fronts.
Last edited by bnorth; 04-05-2014 at 06:34 AM. |
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Lol I guess that explains it then. Appreciate the help because it was driving me crazy
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Your Bowa is the Burger King issue. The low number gives it away.
By the way there is a cool Pete Rose card with the Phillies in the Burger King issue. Different photo than the regular Topps but still with the All-Star designation. |
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In my early years at Beckett, which occured more than a decade after the last Burger King set we got constant letters about numbering such as in the Bowa card.
Rich
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