Any One Collect Pins?

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

Interesting. Crane used a blue and orange/salmon color scheme.

What year is that attributed to?

[Lucas00]

Originally Posted by Vintagedeputy

What year is that attributed to?

Based on the expansion era teams and saying on the coupon "1968 buttons accepted" I'm going to say most certainly 1969.

But it might also say "1969 buttons accepted" making it 1970. I can't tell for certain, too blurry.

Edit: It's Definitely 1969 not 1970, I see it says so on the mailing address.

[dwr11]

Here is a Tarkenton black box button that I own. I own a few of the others shown like Namath and Unitas but this is the only Tarkenton I have ever seen.

[Cliff Bowman]

Originally Posted by dwr11

Here is a Tarkenton black box button that I own. I own a few of the others shown like Namath and Unitas but this is the only Tarkenton I have ever seen.

That is the one NFL black box pin that I looked for specifically on WorthPoint and eBay and was amazed I couldn’t find, mainly because he was a Giant in the late 60’s-early 70’s. I couldn’t find a Gale Sayers either but he blew out his knee before these came out.

[JLange]

Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman

I couldn’t find a Gale Sayers either but he blew out his knee before these came out.

I collect these 1970s NFL Blackbox pins as well as the MLB ones. I saved a few images of pins I don't have yet, including this Gale Sayers pic. Good to see Fran Tarkenton make an appearance as well!

[Cliff Bowman]

Originally Posted by JLange

I collect these 1970s NFL Blackbox pins as well as the MLB ones. I saved a few images of pins I don't have yet, including this Gale Sayers pic. Good to see Frank Tarkenton make an appearance as well!

Ah, so there is a Gale Sayers. Of course they spelled his name incorrectly like they did a bunch of the Cubs .

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman

Ah, so there is a Gale Sayers. Of course they spelled his name incorrectly like they did a bunch of the Cubs .

You just gotta wonder who was in charge of “quality control.”