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#1
07-13-2009, 03:40 PM
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1980 Test Coins
I have a set of these. There are 3 Carew, Garvey and Jackson. The coins are pretty tarnished, so not sure if they were originally the "silver" or "bronze" color. I also have an extra Jackson, which is "gold" colored. It, unlike the other 3, has a hole in the top through the O in Topps. The SCD catalog notes that some have such holes. Does anyone, like David or Bob L, have any idea why some have holes ? For a chain maybe ? I have one of the 1957 Lucky Penny send away tokens, which you got by sending in the insert card, and the penny is in a metal circle with a hole with a small chain through it. Any thought the 1980 coins were going to be a send away for it type item ?
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07-13-2009, 03:55 PM
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Could be
That's as reasonable a theory as any. I never heard of these coins until about 2004, and never had any information about them other than the fact of their existence.
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07-13-2009, 04:41 PM
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Well, the hole in one surfaces! Actually, I just did a blog on these (which links to a prior entry with more info) and was hoping for additional scans, etc. These are mysterious little items, aren't they? Anyway, you can see what I have, which isn't much!
http://toppsarchives.blogspot.com/20...n-cidence.html The hole lends itself to a "charm" theory of sorts but who knows?
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#5
07-15-2009, 03:02 PM
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My records show that I paid $811 for the Carew.
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07-16-2009, 08:48 AM
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Prices
I paid about $ 4,000 for the 4 I have, and that was about 4 years ago. I have only seen them on ebay twice. Bob always gets better deals than I do
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