This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/18/2017
Impressive baseball collection of 47 vintage 1962 Salada coins each of which has been professionally graded and encapsulated by PSA. Their are 47 coins in total with 28 being graded. Highlights include: Willie Mays PSA 8, Hank Aaron PSA 8, Willie McCovey PSA 8, Early Wynn PSA 8, Eddie Mathews PSA 7, Luis Aparicio PSA 7, Whitey Ford PSA 7 and Franks Robinson PSA 7 among others. The 1962 Salada Tea & Junket Pudding set consists of 221 coins with the additional 44 coin variations for a total of 265. The coins measure 1 3/8 inches and features a paper colored photo of the player inserted into a plastic disc, coin number, team, player name and position. The plastic discs come in 6 different colors coded by team, and were issued with Salada tea and Junket pudding. The set was originally released with 180 coins. but with the 1962 National League expansion, adding the Mets & Colts, enabled Salada to expand the set size. Twenty expansion players were added along with 21 other players. Several player coins were also dropped, causing a scarcity of some coins.
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