1960 Topps Baseball Forum

I've input some from this set to my Trade List, but I'm having a difficult time distinguishing the difference based on the release notes, which state:

Cards 1-110 are white (cream) back. Printer 1
Cards 111-198 are gray back. Printer 2
Cards 199-286 are white back. Printer 1
Cards 287-374 are gray back. Printer 2
Card 375-440 are available in both white and gray backs. Both printers used
Cards 441-572 are a cheaper gray stock.

I pulled various cards from each group and compared them to each other to make a decision on which to log, and frankly it just seemed odd to me that I had some that don't have scans. I'm thinking that maybe the white back with aging and handling become grayish. Any tips or ways to determine whether cards, specifically #375-440, are one of the other?

If you had both types, you would easily see the difference.  I suspect that different types were realeased regionally.  I will check my stash to see if I have both types in that series but quite sure I do.

To confuse the issue there are actually THREE different color backs for numbers 375-440. Gray, cream and white. Topps used different printers for that group thus the three different card stocks. I have a scan of all three color backs of the same card but can't see how to attach it here