Which Topps issue has the worst centering?

[Cliff Bowman]

1962 Stamps and 1966 Rub Offs come to mind.

[bobsbbcards]

1952 Topps

[ALBB]

Those 73 Candy Lids always seemed way off center

[skelly423]

Speaking as a collector trying to build a centered set, the answer is hands down 1952. Even on the best cards, you'd be lucky to have 20% of the population of a given card with 45/55 centering or better. The worst cards may only have a dozen examples across the entire set run (Eddie Mathews comes to mind).

In my very unscientific opinion, maybe 10% of all 1952 cards printed were well centered. Even when you find centered examples, many of them are diamond cut.

[Bigdaddy]

Originally Posted by skelly423

In my very unscientific opinion, maybe 10% of all 1952 cards printed were well centered. Even when you find centered examples, many of them are diamond cut.

And even more often than that, when you do find a centered example, it seems to have been so 'well loved' that the the wrinkles, creases and rounded corners weigh it down.

[Cliff Bowman]

Originally Posted by ALBB

Those 73 Candy Lids always seemed way off center

True that.

[butchie_t]

My simple answer: Pick one, any one.

[quitcrab]

73 candy lids… great answer