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1962 Shirriff Baseball Coin Complete Master Set

Very High Grade Set âe" 200 Coins in the Master Set

This Very Rare Set is a Canadian version of the Salada Junket plastic player coins issued in the U.S. Backs specify an issue of 200 coins; 21 players from the Salada set were not issued by Shirriff. Because the Canadian coins were produced after the U.S. version they are not found with all the variations known in Salada. Shirriff coins were packed in bags of potato chips, with each coin sealed in a clear cellophane wrapper. The Canadian coins are much scarcer than the U.S Salada coin because of only one print run compared to two print runs of the Salada coins. The Shirriff coin set tends to be much more difficult to complete than the Salada set.

The 2008 Beckett Catalog of Baseball Cards has this set listed at $2,000

Just last week, Two PSA graded Shirriff coins sold for Record Prices in the Andy Madec Spring Auction:

1962 Shirriff Coins #41 Mickey Mantle PSA 9 Mint sold for $725 1962 Shirriff Coins #150 Roberto Clemente PSA 10 Gem Mint sold for $1,715

The coins in this sharp-looking set grade from Ex/Mt to Mint condition with most being at least Near Mint. This extremely attractive full-color coin set was issued one plastic-with-paper-insert coin per package with Shirriff Potato Chips. The set features all the major stars of the era including Mantle, Mays, Kaline, Berra, Clemente, Koufax, Banks, Yastrzemski and many more.

In 1962, Salada Tea and Shirriff Potato Chips promoted their products by issuing a set of plastic backed baseball coins with paper inserts. The idea behind the set was simple, while at the same time elaborate âe" each of the then 18 Major League teams would have 10 players represented, one for each of the eight fielding positions plus two pitchers. This made for the 180 coin set that was originally produced.

However, midway through production, the National League expanded by adding two teams âe" the New York Mets and the Houston Colt .45âe(tm)s. Salada/Shirriff then shifted gears and updated their entire set to reflect the resultant changes. Many new players were added, some were traded and some were dropped.

The 1962 end-product was a set of numbered coins that totaled 221 different players and made up a 180 player original set and a 200 player revised set. The Shirriff coins were only issued in the revised set.

Please email me with any questions. Buyer pays a fixed shipping cost of $15. Insurance included. Will ship to anyw in the US and Canada only. Will accept paypal or money order. Paypal preferred to speed up the shipping process.

These coins are similar to the Topps, Old London, Pins, Chips, Jello, Armour, POGs, Disc and Salada coins in the 1960âe(tm)s but are much scarcer because they were issued in bags of potato chips in Canada Only.

Thanks for looking and Good Luck on a truly one-of-a-kind piece of memorabilia.

The following coins are up for sale:

1 Jim Gentile 3 Chico Fernandez 5 Woody Held 7 Ken Aspromonte 8 Whitey Ford 9 Jim Lemon 10 Billy Klaus 12 Nellie Fox 13 Jim Bunning 14 Frank Malzone 15 Tito Francona 16 Bobby Del Greco 17 Steve Bilko 19 Earl Battey 20 Chuck Cottier 21 Willie Tasby 22 Bob Allison 23 Roger Maris 24 Earl Averill 25 Jerry Lumpe 27 Carl Yastrzemski 28 Rocky Colavito 29 Al Smith 31 Dick Howser 32 Jim Perry 33 Yogi Berra 34 Ken Hamlin 35 Dale Long 36 Harmon Killebrew 37 Dick Brown 38 Gary Geiger 39 Minnie Minoso 40 Brooks Robinson 41 Mickey Mantle 42 Bennie Daniels 43 Billy Martin 44 Vic Power 45 Joe Pignatano 46 Ryne Duren 47 Pete Runnels 48 Dick Williams 49 Jim Landis 50 Steve Boros 51 Zoilo Versalles 52 Johnny Temple 53 Jackie Brandt 54 Joe McClain 55 Sherman Lollar 56 Gene Stephens 57 Leon Wagner 58 Frank Lary 59 Bill Skowron 61 Willie Kirkland 62 Leo Posada 63 Albie Pearson 64 Bobby Richardson 65 Marv Breeding 67 Al Kaline 68 Don Buddin 69 Lenny Green 71 Luis Aparicio 72 Norm Cash 74 Bubba Phillips 75 James Archer 76 Ken Hunt 77 Ralph Terry 78 Camilo Pascual 80 Cle...

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