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Posted By: Rhett Yeakley

The differences between the two types are very subtle. I remember seeing a few at the national a few years back, however for the life of me I can't remember who owned them. The ones I saw all had orange backgrounds (I believe they only come with green or orange, don't know if they have ever found any in different colors.) From what I remember the pictures were cropped differently (like your Sutor), where the II's were larger images of the players. But that is hard to tell, when you don't have a type I handy, the printing on the bottom is probably the easiest way to determine the type. The players name, pos, and team are all in a different printing font on front, the type II's have the thinner print. There are other minor differences, such as comma after position, but the print on front is the easiest way (for me at least) to tell.

Other than the one you have, and the few that I saw a few years back, I haven't seen another for sale. It could be that people have them and are totally unaware, but they are incredibly tough to find. I think I remember readig that most came from only 2-3 small finds, but I could be wrong.
-Rhett