1978 Topps Jose Morales

[savedfrommyspokes]

Like Cliff, I had 3 copies of this card in my binder, however, my 2 of my copies were slightly different than Cliffs. I went through my boxes of extra 1978s and found I had right at 50 copies of this card. In looking more closely at them, to me it appears that there are 2 versions of each of the "red", "black on red" and "just black" versions of this card, with the main difference being on some of the "black on red" and "just black" versions the seams of the ball appear thicker and less defined than other copies.



A-Black on Red seams on ball appear thicker ............ 6 of 50
B-Black on Red seams appear thinner than "A"........ 32 of 50
C-Almost no black at all.......................................... 8 of 50
D-Just a slight touch more of black than "C"........... 1 of 50
E-Mostly all black, seams appear thinner than "F"... 2 of 50
F-All black, seams appear thicker......................... 1 of 50


With my sample size you can get an idea of which cards are more common than others.

[Cliff Bowman]

Nice work, I may need to buy one of your 32 ‘B’ cards.

[ALR-bishop]

This is getting to be like the 55 Sullivan i


But now Larry has to list the order they came out :-}

[RCMcKenzie]

This is an awesome thread. I need to dig through my 78's. Haven't said THAT in a LONG time. Rob

[savedfrommyspokes]

Al, we might have better luck figuring out if the chicken or egg came first.


At first I thought this card was a DP, but after looking at the 6 sheets from this set, this card is not a DP. At least if it were a DP, that would explain the two versions of each and why some stitching is tighter than others.