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Posted By: fkw

Its a common reprint from 1996. It has major design differences a 3 year old can see




The whole photo has been cropped (gap above hat, the letter "R" was removed or cropped from uniform).

The name/logo plate was moved up slightly as it now extends into the bat on Mantle's shoulder and covers more of his hand. Also the "K" bat in the "Yankees" logo is missing the bottom part that goes into the yellow.

Its a common reprint, and my guess it is graded SGC98 but the flip was messed with (or scan was doctored) and the word 1996 reprint was removed. I believe all the authentic 1952 cards graded by SGC will say "High #" below the players name. I cant find a scan of a graded 1996 Topps reprint, but I know from the list at SGC that they do grade the reprints. This is definitely one of the 1996 reprints, I compared it to a couple on eBay.