toughest high number series from post 50's baseball

[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.

[Zach Wheat]

Agreed re: '72's. The set is so large and the semi-hi num's are difficult to find as well.

Z

[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

[tedzan]

I have completed (piecewise) Topps sets from 1960 - 69. My favorite of these sets is the 1966 (which I have completed 2 sets
in ExMt to near Mt condition).

Here is a list of the tougher Hi #s which I ran into while completing these 2 sets ......

#526 Twins team
#527 Bell
#535 Davis
#538 Allen
#540 McLain
#543 Craig
#545 Green
#547 Clarke
#552 Tebbetts
#556 Queen
#557 Mantilla
#558 Geo Scott rookie
#561 Coleman
#563 Tovar rookie
#565 Piersall
#566 Cuellar
#570 Art Mahaffey
#583 Tigers team
#589 Klimchock
#590 Skowron
#591 Grant Jackson rookie
#593 Camilli
#598 Gaylord Perry (in Nr Mt condition)

and,
Semi-Hi # 490 Bobby Richardson



TED Z
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[Zach Wheat]

Originally Posted by alr-bishop

zach-- don't you just hate when you have to agree with dave

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[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.