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sandyrusty
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| Tuesday, June 8, 2021 11:52 AM | |
https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/1930/cid/5952457/2006-Topps-NNO-Topps-of-the-Class-Ad
I just received this card in the mail; I have other copies of it but the one I received has a white 1.5" square stuck to the center of the front of the card. Through the paper, I can see a labyrinth type diagram. I did peel back one corner and it appears that there is a foil under it. These cards were used as a promo to encourage kids to do well in school. I imagine if a teacher thought a child deserving, they handed the card to the child who could then redeem them at a local card shop for Topps cards.
Anyone know anything more about these with this white square stuck to them? Teachers?
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sandyrusty
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| Wednesday, June 9, 2021 3:01 AM | |
Bump. A second opportunity for someone to chime in.
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jupiterhill
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| Wednesday, June 9, 2021 6:36 AM | |
I think I know what you're talking about. I never saw them on promo cards but only on the thick cardboard pieces they'd include in packs to prevent pack weighers from finding the good cards. I always assumed the squares were some sort of anti-theft device in packs.
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sandyrusty
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| Wednesday, June 9, 2021 6:45 AM | |
This one is dead center of the Topps of the Class card. But your idea of the anti-theft makes sense. I never buy packs so cannot confirm if this was the case.
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jimetal7212
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| Wednesday, June 9, 2021 6:46 AM | |
That's what I'm thinking too, anti-theft device. What you've described I've seen on the promo cards themselves in the past. You know, the days when packs existed in the stores....
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sandyrusty
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| Wednesday, June 9, 2021 6:50 AM | |
Thanks to both of you, question is most likely answered. Now, anyone ever peel one off?
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captkirk42
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| Wednesday, June 9, 2021 8:16 AM | |
Yes those 1.5" square white stickers are security "chips". Usuallyl they are on very thin plain white "cards" that are way too thin to even be cards. I think they are more often in retail boxes and often in the packs of retail blasters.
I have a few of the 2008 Topps of the Class David Wright cards that still have the white secuirty sticker. on them.
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C2Cigars
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| Wednesday, June 9, 2021 8:25 AM | |
Are you talking about the RFID stickers?
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sandyrusty
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| Wednesday, June 9, 2021 8:34 AM | |
Chuck, that is probably what it looks like wiht the white paper peeled off. (What does RFID stand for? I thought I left the world of acronyms when I retired from the Air Force.)
Edited on: Jun 9, 2021 - 8:35AM
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C2Cigars
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| Wednesday, June 9, 2021 8:39 AM | |
That's the underside. Radio Frequency ID
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