Need Help with Pricing 1971 Topps Super Baseball Pack

[ALR-bishop]

Mike---Dave Hornish may know otherwise but it was my understanding they used the same wrappers for both years. Can not read code on my two unopened either. They both end in 01-0. I do have two wrappers that both have the code 0-387-96-01-0.

My unopened packs and wrappers have ads for the whale, a ring a battleship and a camera

I picked up this test wrapper somewhere along the line. It has no code. It does not show on the scan but the label is on a white wrapper

[Zach Wheat]

I don't believe that code denotes the year. Did it have gum with it? If it did, it should have had a UPC code, which should have the lot and year in it

[mikemb]

As it says on the wrapper "With one stick bubble gum".

My unopened pack has a stick of gum in it. (Not all in one e piece anymore!).

Mike

[jmoran19]

The last part of the code “01-0” indicates the version and year designed/manufactured

[toppcat]

I think the same wrapper was used for 70 and 71 as I've never seen another style; even the small 1969 Super wrapper used similar lettering.

The last digit of the code represents year of conception in a way, it was assigned once a set was green-lit for production. For non-sports sets it can sometimes lag behind the year of issue for sets released early in a calendar year but for sports sets it seems like it also works for year of issue as I believe that's how they had to account to the leagues and/or players unions. There's probably a couple of sets that don't follow this pattern as well, Topps being Topps.