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Year(s) Published: 1964/65/66
Hobby Designation:   --
Set Name: Guy's Potato Chips
Card Size (inches): 7/8 dia.
Number of Cards in Set: 60
Est. Value (common; VG): $11
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Set Summary
Distributed by Guy's Potato Chips brand in Midwestern states
Three consecutive sets issued from 1964 thru 1966
All 20 teams then in Major League Baseball are represented
7/8-inch diameter pins lithographed in color (see above examples)
Same design but different color combinations each year
'64: red/white/blue; '65: red/green/yellow; '66: brown/green/yellow
Variations known on two 1964 pins: Red Sox and Braves
Some 1964 backs blank; some printed w/sponsor ad (more common)
Dates of distribution are not marked on any 1964 backs
1965 & 1966 backs are marked with "'65" and "'66, respectively
Company founded in 1938 by Guy Caldwell and wife Francis
Guy's Snacks company remains in business today (see website)
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