toughest high number series from post 50's baseball

[ALR-bishop]

Agree with Ted for 50s sets. Ironically, the Mantles, Thompsons and Robinsons are the easiest to find from that series. Not the cheapest, but easiest to find. And that series is easier to find than cards 131 to 180 in gray backs

[swarmee]

Except the question in the title is "Post 50s" which would mean 60-73... ;-)

[Griffins]

Originally Posted by swarmee

Except the question in the title is "Post 50s" which would mean 60-73... ;-)

we give the old folks a bit of latitude

I'd go with '66 Topps. The short prints were brutal, and while it's not the entire series I just found them tougher than '67 overall.

[KCRfan1]

I would rank 1967, 1966, and 1961 as the toughest. If I stumble across any 67 highs in nice shape and reasonably priced, I'm usually buying. That doesn't happen very often at local shows or the card shop though.

[ALR-bishop]

Good point John

Anthony has had a lot of practice giving me leeway over the years

So now I will go with Lou. We have to be flexible in old age

[toppcat]

66 or 67 probably are the toughest. I never completed my 66 set but those SP's are tough. Same with '67. There must have been issues with both because the scarcity of high numbers and how Topps correlated their print runs with series breakdowns changed after 1967.

I think there are more 52 highs out there than we have been led to believe. Sy Berger's story of the garbage scows dumping them is BS IMO.

[Zach Wheat]

I have to agree with Dave on '67 being one of the toughest sets to complete due to high numbers. I also have to chime in that if the condition/centering issues are taken into consideration, I would probably add a few different sets to the list - including '71 Topps

Z

[moeson]

On top of the tough SPs, 66 High numbers seem to have more miscuts than the earlier series. The same could probably be said for the 72 highs, but at least those are much easier to complete.

[ALR-bishop]

Originally Posted by Zach Wheat

I have to agree with Dave on '67 being one of the toughest sets to complete due to high numbers. I also have to chime in that if the condition/centering issues are taken into consideration, I would probably add a few different sets to the list - including '71 Topps

Z

Zach-- don't you just hate when you have to agree with Dave

[rats60]

Originally Posted by KCRfan1

I would rank 1967, 1966, and 1961 as the toughest. If I stumble across any 67 highs in nice shape and reasonably priced, I'm usually buying. That doesn't happen very often at local shows or the card shop though.

I would agree with this. I would also add the 1963 6th series (semi highs). I think it was regional. The 66s were easier for me than the 67s. The 61s and 63s were the toughest for me.