80-81 topps scratched ?

[joshpackham]

was looking at picking up some cards from COMC and was just curious what the difference between the unscratched and scratched versions are ?
Thanks

 

[langway05]

Unscratched is out the pack.

Scratched is someone exposed the players name on the front.

Hope that helps.

 

[will-411]

The puck on the front of the card has a grey/ black scratch off stuff on the cards out of the pack as Brian mentioned (just on Topps cards). If it is scratched off (with a fingernail or coin), you can see the players name, but they aren't as highly sought after.

Cory

 

[SNobles]

I was not alive and therefore not collecting at this time but was this a popular gimmick at the time? Obviously it did not last long I guess.

 

[joshpackham]

thanks for all of the clarification, I'm just thinking about putting a maple leaf collection together and they seem cheap enough just wasn't sure if I should really worry about getting unscratched or not, sounds like it really doesn't matter as I won't be reselling, going to try and start with 1980 maple leafs and move forward

 

[dannzac]

If you aren't reselling then it doesn't matter but the unscratched are the more desirable and generally more valuable.

 

[terry1hockeyfan]

The nice thing if they are scratched you know who the players are since the scratch off reveals the names of the players.

 

[satellitejack]

thanks for all of the clarification, I'm just thinking about putting a maple leaf collection together and they seem cheap enough just wasn't sure if I should really worry about getting unscratched or not, sounds like it really doesn't matter as I won't be reselling, going to try and start with 1980 maple leafs and move forward

Josh

Here is a list of all the Leafs cards from the 80-81 Topps set.

1980-81 Topps 11 Bill Derlago
1980-81 Topps 28 Pat Hickey
1980-81 Topps 50 Darryl Sittler
1980-81 Topps 79 John Anderson
1980-81 Topps 85 Borje Salming AS
1980-81 Topps 118 Dan Maloney
1980-81 Topps 133 Ian Turnbull
1980-81 Topps 147 Dave Burrows
1980-81 Topps 165 LL Sittler/Dionne/Simmer
1980-81 Topps 179 Laurie Boschman
1980-81 Topps 193 Darryl Sittler TL
1980-81 Topps 210 Borje Salming
1980-81 Topps 225 Wilf Paiement
1980-81 Topps 242 Rick Vaive RC
1980-81 Topps 255 Robert Picard
1980-81 Topps Poster Insert NNO Toronto Maple Leafs

 

[will-411]

I was not alive and therefore not collecting at this time but was this a popular gimmick at the time? Obviously it did not last long I guess.

Topps only did the grey scratch stuff the one year. Some of the old Parkhurst sets (50's and 60's) had an area you could rub a coin on the back of the card to reveal the answer to a trivia question or some such... you don't see many unrubbed versions compared to rubbed ones!

Cory