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1960 Topps Baseball Cards
Checklist & Values


1960's top rookie was Red Sox great Hall-of-Famer Carl Yastrzemski. Another Hall-of-Famer was pitcher Jim Kaat. Kaat had an incredible baseball career. Check him out on Wiki and you'll also see why he gets my vote as the greatest golfer of all-time.

Another rookie card is Hall-of-Famer Willie McCovey with the Giants and then Frank Howard who was a GIANT (of a man, he was huge). Such a great crop that future .363 hitting Batting Champ Tommy Davis barely makes this list.

As was normal back then, the 1960 Topps baseball card set was released in series and ended up with the usual very scarce high #s. Making it even more interesting, like their 1959 issue, Topps again put their special All-Star subset, stuffed with Hall-of-Famers like Mantle & Mays, in the very scarce high# series.

Two last things and I'll let you go.
Cards #375 thru #440 came in (2) variations. The more common gray-backs and the somewhat scarcer white-backs. Cards #507 thru #572 were quite scarce high #s.

Other issues you may be interested in:
1960 Fleer Baseball Greats checklist, values and prices.
1960 Leaf Baseball checklist, values and prices.
1960 Nu-Card Hi-Lites checklist, values and prices.

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1960 Topps Baseball card checklist, values and prices.
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1961 Topps Baseball card checklist, values and prices.


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Vintage 1961 Post Cereal

1961 Post Cereal Baseball Checklist & Values


1961 Post Cereal consisted of 200 cards measuring 2-1/2" by 3-1/2". Post distributed the cards (six each) via the back panel of cereal boxes or through the mail where fans could order certain cards as part of a large pre-perforated sheet. The set was loaded with superstars like Mickey Mantle, Hank Aaron, Roberto Clemente and Willie Mays but the key cards turned out to be very scarce short prints like #73 Chuck Estrada and the scarcest #94 Chuck Stobbs.

There cards were issued in 2 different ways ... on the backs of selected boxes of Post Cereal or you could send away and get special 10-card perforated team sets.

Click for complete 1962 Post Cereal baseball cards checklist & prices
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1963 Post Cereal baseball cards checklist & prices
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Baseball
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.

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