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Mickey Mantle Porcelain Card

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arby16

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Tuesday, March 8, 2022 12:08 PM
Thanks vroomed. And unfortunately I do not have a COA buddha.

C2Cigars

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Tuesday, March 8, 2022 12:11 PM

The wrong images should be removed not replaced. The image uploader should not keep points for the wrong card images.

jimetal7212 wrote:

You may have been right on the location, I think the scan is incorrect. The scan is for the Hamilton Collection version whereas the OP has the R&N one. I think the OP could actually replace the image in the link you gave.

TwinKiller wrote:

Actually it's not. That is the closest thing I can find to that card.

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cynicalbuddha

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Tuesday, March 8, 2022 12:13 PM

They only thing I've found for sure is that there are aton of different versions of these, but I think you're right. Concensus on ebay listings with your hand numbering type looks to be the 1996 set. I have yet to see a COA for any of the "cards" in this set though, so maybe they didn't come with one?

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vrooomed

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Tuesday, March 8, 2022 12:32 PM

There were series of these that had a B in front the numeric portion.

cynicalbuddha wrote:

That B could be a 3, maybe.

arby16 wrote:

Thanks for the input.

The card from the 1990 R&N Baseball's Dream Team set is very similar, but has the black border on the front and a slightly different formatted back. The one on eBay listed as the Hamilton Collection looks identical to mine, except that the serial number is formattted very differently, B0540 versus 23507. So I think we're getting close, but still not quite there.

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Lea DeFoote

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Tuesday, March 8, 2022 6:06 PM

The card in this auction appears to be the same as the one in the OP:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/403447983454

The auction shows a COA, but it does not have a matching serial number to the porcelain card like other R&N China issues I have seen, so take it with a grain of salt.

-Tom

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Lea DeFoote

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Tuesday, March 8, 2022 6:16 PM

Looking further, I think the key to understanding the R&N China issues lies in the copyright/serial number lines on the back.

This auction is for a card that looks almost identical to the one in the OP, except for the way it is numbered, so I think it is a different release:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/265397510016

And this McGwire card has the same style copyright/serial number line as the OP card, so I think it may be from the same 'set':

https://www.ebay.com/itm/224618290914

-Tom

Edited on: Mar 8, 2022 - 6:18PM
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arby16

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Tuesday, March 8, 2022 8:26 PM
I have now seen a few references to a 1995 R&N Topps Rookie Reprint set that included Mantle, McGwire, Ripken, and others. I think this is now the most likely answer. Hopefully we can confirm that and locate a checklist so it can be added to the database. Thanks again to everyone for the help.

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