Roger Clemens - SOLID SILVER 2-COIN 'Back to Back Cy Young' SET
Set contains 2 one oz. .999 FINE SILVER LIMITED EDITION COINS-ONLY 500 SETS MADE. 1996/1997 with Pat Hentgen (Blue Jays)
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1956 Topps Pins Checklist & Values
WOW ! Few issues compare to the 1956 Topps Pins set. The colorful and
attractive 1-1/8" diameter pins were packaged with bubble gum
and featured a color photo of player on front with a pin clasp on back.
Many of the images for pins are the same as on the 1956 Topps cards.
If you collect 1956 Topps cards than YOU MUST add at least one of these
1956 Topps Pin to your collection.
Packed with stars (no Mickey Mantle), the 1956 Topps Pins set
also had a few scarcities such as Chuck Stobbs, Hector Lopez &
Chuck Diering.
In the end, collectors of the day preferred cards to pins and Topps cut back
the 1956 Topps Pin set from a planned 90 pins to just 60.
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1956 Topps Baseball Pins checklist, values & prices
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1991 Cardboard Dreams Baseball Cards Checklist & Values

Neat oddball set with a very unusual mix of players.
A promotional lead-in for "Cardboard Dreams" a soon to be
sportscard magazine. Promo cards were given out at a few
regional baseball card shows mostly in So. Cal.
MLB filed lawsuits against similar magazines and the magazine was
cancelled before 1st issue leaving just a small run of promo
cards (limited to 5,000) and some scarce proofs.
SERIES 1 SERIES 2
#1 Willie Mays # 9 Mickey Mantle
#2 Nolan Ryan #10 Nolan Ryan & Sandy Koufax
#3 Tony Gwynn #11 Frank Thomas & David Justice
#4 Wayne Gretzky #12 Brett Hull
#5 Jose Canseco/Madonna #13 Ted Williams & Joe DiMaggio
#6 Ken Griffey Jr #14 Barry Sanders
#7 Bo Jackson #15 Dan Marino
#8 Michael Jordan #16 Magic Johnson & Larry Bird
Prototype #1: Nolan Ryan / Wayne Gretzky / Bo Jackson / Jose Canseco & Madonna
Prototype #2: Mickey Mantle / Nolan Ryan & Sandy Koufax
Ted Williams & Joe DiMaggio / David Justice & Frank Thomas
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1991 Cardboard Dreams Baseball card listings
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1969 CITGO Coins
In 1969, to commemorate Baseball's 100th Anniversary, CITGO released their
"Famous Baseball Player Coin Collection" of 20 brass coated metal coins.
On the front, the coins featured the player's name and a raised image of
his head. The back displayed a banner honoring baseball's s 100th Anniversary.
The coins are approx. 1" in diameter and are very susceptible to
tarnishing due to oxidation.
Customers received a single coin in it's sealed pack free with a fill-up and
could pay 25 cents for additional coins.
The 20 coin set could be inserted into a cardboard backing for display.
On the back of the display was a short bio with stats of each player.
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cardboard backing and some more sample coins:
Pictured is an unopened pack containing one coin.
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1969 CITGO Coins Checklist and Prices
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Protecting and Storing your Card Collection
There are many different ways to protect, organize and store your sports cards.
Soft Sleeves
also called "penny sleeves" are the most basic protection for your cards.
Made of thin plastic, they come in packs of 100 and are very inexpensive.
Top Loads
are rigid plastic holders and a step up in protection over "soft sleeves".
Called top-loads because you place the card thru a thin opening at the top.
They come in many sizes for regular cards upto 8-1/2 x 11 for magazines and
even larger.
Screw-Down Acrylic Holders
These are sometimes used for better, more expensive cards. Small screws hold
two pieces of clear acrylic together. In a variety of sizes and thickness
that not only protect the card but can funciton as a paper weight or display
item.
There are also Single-Screw Screw-Downs that use only 1 screw to seal the holder.
They are easier to use and provide the same type of protectionas regular screwdowns
and they are also much less expensive costing as little as .30 in quantity
while 1 inch or 2 inch acrylic screw-downs can cost upto several dollars.