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Originally Posted by barrysloate
The 1887 issues, such as Old Judge, Allen & Ginters, etc. Whichever came out first is it. Maybe it's the N167. But the definition of a baseball card has broadened in recent years, and most collectors are fine calling a CdV or a trade card a baseball card...as long as it is slabbable. In our hobby the slab supersedes everything else.
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I agree. I think that in the traditional way in which we think of cards and sets, the N167 Old Judge set was probably the first baseball card set.
JimB