Interesting stuff, and leading to more questions than I would have had at the start.
Is the green/orange wrapper much tougher than the red/blue one?
Is the green/orange tougher than the 48 wrapper?
Assuming the green orange white wrapper is much tougher to find I have to wonder why. It's not like 49s are harder to find than 50's or 48's and I can't come up with many reasons why one fairly common year would be saved less than the year before or after. I'd think if there was a big find of unopened 48's and 50's it would be fairly well known.
Maybe a mid year switch if the green/orange weren't selling as well as expected?
Steve B
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