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Showing my Local Card Shop Some Love (7 Dec 2020)

 

With stupid covid-19 around most of the year, I haven't made it to my LCS in ages. I finally decided to go check it out and was super happy to see it is still in business (mostly likely due to consignments and online exchanges). So I thought I show some holiday season love and throw some business their way.

I picked up four packs of 2020 Panini Diamond Kings in hopes of getting some Hall of Famers for said collection. I was happy to see that there were 13 HoFer cards amongst the 32 card total (40%)! 

Card #31. This card will be added to my Alexander collection which was featured in a post here. It looks a lot like the 2019 Panini DK card.

Card #4. This card will be added to my Alston collection which was featured in posts here and here.

Card #38. This card will be added to my Baker collection which was featured in a post here.

2020 Panini All-Time Diamond Kings, Card #ATDK-19.

Card #28.

Card #20.

2020 Panini All-Time Diamond Kings, Card #ATDK-22.

Card #112 (short print).

2020 Panini Diamond Kings In The Zone, Card #INT-1. Double the pleasure with two Gwynn cards!

Card #33. Can never go wrong with a Mickey Mantle card!

Card #17. I wonder why the baseball is black?

Card #46.

Card #43.
I also splurged and picked up this Frank Robinson 1963 Salada Tea and Junket Brand All-Star Coin #29! (I have to figure out a better way to scan baseball coins. Maybe a photo?)

   

I think the Brett card is my favorite here.

What's yours?

Thanks for checking out my post. 
CinciCuse Bill


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  1. FujiDecember 7, 2020 at 11:27 PM

    My favorite would be the Gwynn In the Zone. Love the rainbow of colors.

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  2. JonDecember 9, 2020 at 8:38 PM

    Photos are definitely the better option for coins. As for the cards, you sure got a lot of recognizable names here, and even though it's not that different from his usual Panini cards, I still like the Frank Baker a lot.

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