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Ken Griffey Jr - [a] 1991 Alrak 24kt GOLD 'Griffey Gazette' SET (4-cards)Book = $ *BOOK* Price = $ 9.95 NEAR MINT to NM/MINT Limited Edition 24kt Gold Foil bordered set (100,000 made) but still tough to find. |
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Baseball card collecting terms (part S-Z)
Series are groups of cards in an issue released together. Example: Series #1 (cards #1-100) are released in April; Series #2 (#101-200) released in July; and so on. This allowed kids to easier complete sets. A side-effect was the creation of scarce "High Numbers". Short Print (SP) is a card printed in lesser quantity than other cards in the set. Recent short prints are often serially-numbered. Team Set is a group of all the cards of players for a certain team. Test Issue is a small printing by a card company to see if products are of interest to collectors. Some of Topps neatest items are "Test Issues" like 1956 Topps Pins & 1974 Topps Puzzles. Tobacco Card is typically from the early 1900's and were issued with tobacco products, the most famous of which is the T-206 Honus Wagner card. Traded/Update Set is a set issued after the original issue primarily featuring rookies or players who were traded since the original issue came out. Trimmed Card is a card reduced in size mostly to hide damaged edges or corners. Trimmed cards have very little value compared to the un-trimmed version. In some cases such as the 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle, even trimmed cards can go for thousands. The most famous 'trimmed' card is the T206 Honus Wagner purchased by Wayne Gretzky. The card was actually too large before it was trimmed down to size. Unauthorized Issue is a card release which is not licensed by the league, player's association or player. Variation is a card printed by the manufacturer that differs in some way from the normal card. Wax Pack is a generic term for a pack of cards. The "wax" came from a time when packs were sealed in wax paper wrappers. Today it is still used for packs even though they no longer use wax paper. © 1995-2019 "InterNet's Baseball Card Store" / Joseph Juhasz ... All Rights Reserved |
These 'Marbles' were issued in 'blister packs' of 20 marbles.
The 'Marble' was a ¾”-diameter clear plastic orb containing a paper insert
with the player's portrait on the front a facsimile autograph on the back.
The package mentions 24 series of 20
marbles per but only 120 different marbles were created. 
One of the more interesting collectibles from the late 1960's, they are
sought after by both Team and Player collectors. 
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. 
Pictured is an unopened pack containing one coin.
