Card Identification Forum

I see these on Ebay and they all seem to have Topps photos. I am guessing they are pirate/bootleg/ripoffs.

They're art cards.  Which some people want to legitimatize and allow on the site.

So Chuck, I guess you could say that they're kind of a virus in the hobby? 

Sorry, that's in poor taste. I just couldn't help myself. 

Yes, a virus. Everybody and anybody on planet Earth can make cards at home. Sell them on ebay or their personal website. And were expected to list them here just because they exist. Be it they're counterfeits, illegals, fakes, reprints, bootlegs, art, uncopyrighted, unauthorized, etc.

I've looked into these & turns out they were made on an actual printing press as a print sample. Picked one up of Rocky Bleier & the seller was right, print quality is incredible. Its a very high quality card & players of years past are everywhere on modern cards. I hear what you're saying but after reading this I've gotta say I'm all for adding these, if they meet requirements. I reached out to someone knowledgeable on these & here's his response:

 The Monarch Corona cards were all issued as print samples by a printing company - they gave them out to generate sales of printing jobs. So as you might imagine, the printing quality is outstanding. They were made using traditional inks and card stock on an old-school press. Because they were printed in such small quantity, you won't see them in the catalogs, but PSA does accept them for grading and authentication.

I just sent a reply to see if he has a checklist. 

Just received the checklist:

MONARCH CORONA ROOKIE ALL STARS SERIES (FOOTBALL)
#1 Johnny Unitas 1956 Baltimore Colts
#2 Tom Landry 1949 New York Yankees 
#3 Joe Namath 1965 New York Jets
#4 O J Simpson 1969 Buffalo Bills
#5 Herschel Walker 1983 New Jersey Generals 
#6 Marcus Allen 1982 Los Angeles Raiders
#7 Earl Campbell 1978 Houston Oilers
#8 Dan Marino 1983 Miami Dolphins 
#9 Tony Dorsett 1977 Dallas Cowboys 
#10 Billy Sims 1980 Detroit Lions
#11 Warren Moon 1984 Houston Oilers 
#12 Doug Flutie 1985 New Jersey Generals 
#13 Rocky Bleier 1968 Pittsburgh Steelers 
#14 Jim Brown 1957 Cleveland Browns
#15 Lee Roy Selmon 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 
#16 Jim Kelly 1984 Houston Gamblers 
#17 Bo Jackson 1987 Oakland Raiders 
#18 Walter Payton 1975 Chicago Bears
#19 Fran Tarkenton 1961 Minnesota Vikings
#20 Barry Sanders 1989 Detroit Lions

What's the next step to see if it's a possibility to add? Thanks for the help in advance 

Any copyrighted designs cannot be catalogued in our database. And they use other card company's designs.  

Ahh ok. Makes sense! Thanks for the info.. I'm slowly filling in the gaps & catching on. Have a good one!

Me personally I would not own one of these cards in my collection and if I got one I would assume fake and throw it away.  
That's just me and I can't change that. Lol

Why the need to add that? You do realize a fair number of folks collect for the memories. After reading it's an incredible photo as they used these to gain business.. far from a homemade card. Even if it was? If you read this small thread, you'd see there was a lot learned by me. Gratefully. No problems whatsoever & now know what I have. Basically a killer photo on actual stock from a traditional press of which only 200 of each were made but, set aside as a great photo now with my thanks to other for their help. 
Copyrighted photo yet still brings back memories hard to find without it. There's no need to "stir the pot". Have a peaceful day.