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1953 R414-7 Topps (Regular Issue)

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BACK Year(s) Published: 1953
Hobby Designation: R414-7
Set Name: 1953 Topps Regular Issue
Card Size (inches): 2-5/8 x 3-3/4
Number of Cards in Set: 274
Est. Value (common; VG): $13

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Set Summary

Issued in 1953 by Topps Gum Company of New York
Set is sequenced through card #280; six cards not issued
Six missing cards are #253, 261, 267, 268, 271 and 275
All player images are painted portraits in vertical format
Player name, position and team printed in panel at bottom
Panel is color coded: red for AL teams and black for NL
"Dugout Quiz" on back is Topps first trivia quiz on cards
Cards #221-280 are scarcer "high numbers" & short prints
Reference: David Hornish, "Topps' 1st Decade of Baseball Cards--Part I: The 'Regular Issues' of the 1950s" (Old Cardboard magazine, Issue #12, Summer 2007, p. 16)

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FRONT	BACK	Year(s) Published: 1953 Hobby Designation: R414-7 Set Name: 1953 Topps Regular Issue Card Size (inches): 2-5/8 x 3-3/4 Number of Cards in Set: 274 Est. Value (common; VG): $13 1953 Topps on eBay Google Search
(shown at approximate actual size)
Set Summary Issued in 1953 by Topps Gum Company of New York Set is sequenced through card #280; six cards not issued Six missing cards are #253, 261, 267, 268, 271 and 275 All player images are painted portraits in vertical format Player name, position and team printed in panel at bottom Panel is color coded: red for AL teams and black for NL "Dugout Quiz" on back is Topps first trivia quiz on cards Cards #221-280 are scarcer "high numbers" & short prints Reference: David Hornish, "Topps' 1st Decade of Baseball Cards--Part I: The 'Regular Issues' of the 1950s" (Old Cardboard magazine, Issue #12, Summer 2007, p. 16)


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