1971 Topps Information/Images Needed

[deweyinthehall]

Thank you!

[jmoran19]

Series 3 left side. I also have the full 264 card sheet for series 2 and 4, want me to post too? John

P.S. You gonna also include the 1971 supp. issues (Greatest Moments, Supers, Tattoos)?

[jmoran19]

Wax pack case pics I saved.

Never seen or have any evidence of 1971 wax/grocery trays

[jmoran19]

#7 coins - Def. issued in series 2, 3 and 4 packs. Series 1 did not have any inserts. Not sure if the 3 different colored (back) sets of 51 were issued by series or randomly.

#8 scratch offs. Def. came with series 6, I opened a series 6 wax pack (in a 1970 wrapper) many moons ago and got a Boog Powell scratch off. Note, the inside of the scratch off has a red background vs white for 1970. Never seen a series 5 wax pack opened but pretty sure it would include a scratch off too.

John

[jmoran19]

#10 - Rak w/player card as header. There are legitimate ones. My theory is either they ran out of headers or they didn't get produced in time for series 1 raks. Others friends think they might have been promo. Items.

I opened the below Rak probably around 2001/2002. One section came from the left slit, one section from the right slit and the 3rd flopped between the 2 slits. Sequence as expected. Received many 8's in addition to these two cards (also got 2 Davey C. RC's).

[jmoran19]

Last post for now, headed to PT. A friend sent me this article from a 1971 publication, it’s dated 9/25, assuming 1971 ha. Talks about series 5 and 6 wax packs as well as the greatest moments set.

John

[mikemb]

Here is my 1971 Topps wax pack wrapper. It is the Extra Insert version and has an ad for a Bubble Gum Shaker.

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Hope this helps.

Mike

[deweyinthehall]

Originally Posted by jmoran19

#10 - Rak w/player card as header. There are legitimate ones. My theory is either they ran out of headers or they didn't get produced in time for series 1 raks. Others friends think they might have been promo. Items.

I opened the below Rak probably around 2001/2002. One section came from the left slit, one section from the right slit and the 3rd flopped between the 2 slits. Sequence as expected. Received many 8's in addition to these two cards (also got 2 Davey C. RC's).

The headers used in 1971 were the same as in 1970, so that got me thinking maybe once they ran low or ran out, it was only late series racks that used regular cards as headers - but then there's the one you posted with 1st series cards. So I'm not sure where this leaves us (I have an image of such a rack with all 4th series cards).

[jmoran19]

264 card sheets

[jmoran19]

Originally Posted by jmoran19

#7 coins - Def. issued in series 2, 3 and 4 packs. Series 1 did not have any inserts. Not sure if the 3 different colored (back) sets of 51 were issued by series or randomly.

John

Ok have data on 9 legit series 3 wax packs being open. 6 contained a coin with a blue back, 3 contained coins with a silver back so IMO probably random.

[toppcat]

Here's a coin proof sheet, 51 subjects. I once suspected that it was one 51 coin batch per 2nd-3rd-4th series but the silver/blue 3rd series coins described above may disprove that.

[deweyinthehall]

I did a quick image search of coins checklists on COMC and those that are lightly marked (i.e. perhaps 20 coins at most) tend to be marked throughout the entire 153 coin set, giving more weight, I think, to the notion that all coins were issued randomly in 2, 3 and 4.

In the 1971 article above, the author notes that there were no coins in 5 and 6, but that the "old 8x11 poster or 1970 game cards were substituted" - given this was written contemporaneously with the ripping of packs in late 1971, it seems clear that Topps inserted posters as well - the 1970 posters were more square than 8x11, but regardless does anyone recall these being pulled from late 1971 packs?