The First of Its Kind and A MS-70

I only have one. It’s graded by PCGS as a MS-70, First Strike. The label also notes the Baseball Hall of Fame. It’s dated 2014-D. The mint mark is on the first photo at 8 o’clock, just above the stitches on the ball. The words HALF DOLLAR are at 6 o’clock.

The reverse shows the glove and it’s signed by Cal Ripken Jr. I had to have this as I love the Orioles, my sister was the executive secretary for the VP of the ball club before her passing and Cal is one nice fellow.

 

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Bill Ripken - My favorite cards from 1989 Fleer. Baseball card collectors here know why

 

Ummm... That's BILL Ripken

 

...and @Collecting Nut, that's really a cool piece. I'm glad it's an actual signature/autograph, and not something mass printed.

Congrats and enjoy!

 

Really like the coin. Cal is my favorite player. Have 600+ different
cards plus thousands others. Last few shows I've been to, no Cal
baseball coin. Maybe this year at the ANA.

 

Do you see the black on the end of his bat? Any idea what happened? If not I’ll let you know.

 

Hope you find one and it’s not cheap.

 

I've got all 3 varieties/versions of the Billy card. Got them in '89 in packs. Fun stuff for a teenager!

 

Whoops. Got the two mixed up

Yes, I know what happened

I've been looking for the other versions too!

 

So, for us non-carders..."what happened"...?

 

20 seconds of googling led me here for the answer:
https://www.cnbc.com/id/28116692

 

All so very true!

 

That article says there were 12 versions, I only remember 3. Hmm

 

If I remember correctly, when this happened, there were 3 main versions and the blackout version had a number of different blackouts. We call them varieties.

 

Which can be said for many if not most of the coin questions asked on CT. Thanks.

 

I had all the varieties. BY FAR, what Bill Ripken will ALWAYS be remembered for. His brother has one of greatest records in sports imo.

 

I went to a lot of O's games in the '82-'83 seasons at Memorial Stadium. I would get there early to take pictures of the players taking BP and giving interviews. I got pictures of Eddie Murray and Jim Palmer being interviewed...and Cal "Ride'n His Daddy's Coattails" Ripken kept jumping into the frame.

 

I think the white out one, was the one worth the most? But I could be wrong.

 

I think the white out variety is the most valuable one as well. Even in raw condition, it’s worth like $100. Obviously a PSA10 would be much much more bet extremely difficult to grade that high.

 

Here is the population of the varieties on PSA’s website. The whited out variety in PSA 10 has sold for $1,000+ multiple times.



@Collecting Nut so sorry for hijacking your thread!