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Old 01-02-2023, 08:49 PM
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Old 01-03-2023, 07:04 AM
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Default bad centering
Those 73 Candy Lids always seemed way off center
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Old 01-03-2023, 08:06 AM
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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.
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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.
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Those 73 Candy Lids always seemed way off center
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My simple answer: Pick one, any one.
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73 candy lids… great answer
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