1977 TOPPS MEXICAN FOOTBALL 36 PACK BOX
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YEAR : 1977 MANUFACTURER : TOPPS MEXICAN CARD # : TEAM : PLAYER : COLLEGE : DESCRIPTION : THIS IS A 2-CARD / 36 PACK BOX (72 CARDS) WITH THE GUM INCLUDED. CONDITION : EXMT THE 1977 TOPPS MEXICAN FOOTBALL CARDS This rare issue is, by far, one of the top ten most difficult football sets to put together. Most serious football collectors know of the 1894 Mayo cards, of which there are a half dozen confirmed sets. However these Mexican cards, which are only twenty-five years old, have little notoriety. In fact, there have only been three known sets to exist. There could be a few reasons for its scarcity. First, they were released in Mexico . No one knows for sure how they were distributed either in Mexico or released in the United States . It is only speculation that perhaps only a dozen cases ever made it to the USA . In fact, there is no knowledge of how many cards were in the print run. Secondly, football in Mexico is better known in European terms as soccer. Soccer is far more popular in Mexico than football was or still is than American football. Lastly, the Mexican economy has always struggled. Somehow spending money on cardboard was not a high priority. The Mexican set contains the same 528 players as the regular issued set done by Topps, except the wording is done in Spanish (both front and back). They still measure 2 1
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