1950 Callahan HOF This set was produced by BE Callahan from 1950 through 1956 and sold by the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown and at baseball stadiums. The first issue in 1950 contained all the HOFers up to that time. Each subsequent year additional players were added - creating some scarcities among the complete 82 card set. Highlights in the set include Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Lou Gehrig and Cy Young.	1952 Red Men Baseball Tobacco cards reappeared after nearly a 40 year absence with the issue by Red Man of this 52 card player set. The set features 25 players from each league plue a manager - player selections were made by Sporting News meaning every player was a regular or star. The cards featured tabs which were to be removed and redeemed for prizes - making cards with tabs intact more valuable.	1953 Johnston Cookies Johnston Cookies issued its first of three regional sets featuring the Milwaukee Braves in 1953. The 25 card set was sold in boxes of cookies and also available via mail order. The set features Braves stars Warren Spahn and Eddie Mathews.
1953 Red Men Baseball Red Man tobacco issued its 2nd National set of 52 cards - identical to its previous issue except for the addition of a card number. The set features 25 players from each league plue a manager. The cards featured tabs which were to be removed and redeemed for prizes - making cards with tabs intact more valuable.	1954 Red Men Baseball Red Man tobacco issued its 3rd National set in 1954. The manager cards of the previous two years were dropped - but the addition of 4 variations make set complete at 54 cards. The set is identical in format to previous issue - the tab and the card obverse denotes the year of issue. The cards featured tabs which were to be removed and redeemed for prizes - making cards with tabs intact more valuable.	1955 Red Men Baseball Red Man tobacco issued its 4th and final National set in 1955. The set featured 25 player cards from each league making it complete at 50 cards. The set is identical in format to previous issue - the tab and the card obverse denotes the year of issue. The cards featured tabs which were to be removed and redeemed for prizes - making cards with tabs intact more valuable.
1955 Armour Coins Armour inserted a plastic coin in packages of its hot dogs. The coins came in a variety of colors including the more common ones in aqua, dark blue, light green, orange, red and yellow. Scarcer colors are black, pale blue, lime green, very dark green, gold, pale orange, pink, silver and tan. Scarcer colors are double the value of the standard price.	1957 Swifts Meats One of the most interesting regional sets of the Fifties was the 1957 Swifts Meats baseball set. The set contained players "parts" which were designed to be punched out and assembled into a 3-D figure. Given the cards were released in packages of hot dogs, the 18 card set is tough to find in high grade.	1958 Hires Root Beer In 1958, Hires Root Beer issue a 66 card set with detachable tabs. Like all issues with removable tabs, the 1958 Hires Root Beer set is extremely difficult to find with the tabs attached in their original form. The Hires set is one of the most popular advanced collector sets due in part to the design - a faux wood grain "knot hole" through which the player's color portrait is viewed. Another factor in the sets popularity is the player selection - Mays, Aaron, Reese, Drysdale, Ashburn, Mazeroski and Snider (SP) are the HOFers present.
1959 Armour Coins After a 3 year layoff, Armour resumed with the hot dog coins inserts. The set consists of 20 coins in a variety of colors: common- navy blue, royal blue, dark green, orange, red and pale yellow; scarcer - pale blue, cream, grey-green, pale green, pink, pale red, tan and any translucent coins. Scarcer coins are double the book value of more common coins.	1960 Armour Coins The 1960 Armour coin issue is identical in number and style to the 1959 issue. Common colors for 1960 coins are dark blue, light blue, dark green, light green, red-orange, dark red and light yellow. Scarce colors are aqua, grey-blue, cream, tan, and dark yellow. The Bud Daley coin is very scarce, although it is not exactly known why.	1961 Post BB The 1961 baseball set released by Post on the backs of cereal boxes featured 200 different players, a major increase from the previous year's nine player issue. In addition to the cereal boxes, cards were also issued directly by Post on team sheets via a mail-in offer. These "company" cards were issued on thinner stock and are commonly identified by the "nubs" on the edges were the cards were seperated from the sheet. Several cards in the set were issued in much smaller quantities and are very scarce.
1962 Post BB The 1962 Post cereal issue again featured 200 of the top players in baseball. The cards are different from the previous issue - they feature a Post logo and display the player's name in script. Unlike the 1961 set, the issue was released in cereal box form only - typically in panels of five to seven cards. Several cards in the set were issued in much smaller quantities and are quite scarce.	1962 Salada BB Coins Salada started a run of three classic sets with these sharp, plastic coins that were included in various boxes of tea and desserts. The set was issued originally as 180 coins, and later the issue was expanded to 220 with many coins in the original run corrected or dropped in the process. Early corrections of the Jackie Brandt and Dick Williams coins created two of the most significant scarcities in the hobby. In addition to the variations and scarcities, the set also featured all of the major stars of the day including Mantle, Mays, Clemente, Yaz, Aaron, and Koufax.	1963 Post Baseball The fourth and final set issued in 1963 by Post was again a 200 card issue, with 25 cards being extremely scarce - much scarcer than in the previous issues. Star cards also command much higher premiums that in the previous two year's issues.
1963 Dodger Pin Ups Dodger stadium souvenier stands sold this popular set of 10 players during the teams' series-winning season on 1963. Borrowing their design frm the 1938 Goudey set, these Heads Up cards were die cuts with the players head image perforated to allow easy removal.	1963 Jello Baseball The 1963 Jello Set was identical in player selection and numbering to the Post cereal set of the same year. The set contains many more difficult cards than the Post set - presumably those printed originally on boxes of lime and lemon jello. The cards can be distnguished from the Post set by the red line under the player stats, on the Post issue it runs nearly to the borders while on the Jello issue it stops with the stat line.	1963 Salada BB Coins Salada started a run of three classic sets with these sharp, plastic coins that were included in various boxes of tea and desserts. The set was issued originally as 180 coins, and later the issue was expanded to 220 with many coins in the original run corrected or dropped in the process. Early corrections of the Jackie Brandt and Dick Williams coins created two of the most significant scarcities in the hobby. In addition to the variations and scarcities, the set also featured all of the major stars of the day including Mantle, Mays, Clemente, Yaz, Aaron, and Koufax.
1966 Pure Oil Braves Pure Oil sponsored this give-away to coincide with the Braves first season in Atlanta. Done in beautiful pastel portrait by noted artist Nichols Volpe, the set of 12 Pure Oil Atlanta Braves features a large portrait and a smaller action drawing along with a facsimile signature. The backs show complete major league statistics along with a biography. The set features HOFers Hank Aaron and Eddie Mathews, along with stars Rico Carty, Joe Torre and Felipe Alou.	1967 Coke Caps BB Mets In 1967 Coke expanded its cap premiums to include all of the leagues teams. The teams were issued only in their home team region, meaning distribution was quite sporadic. The caps were available on bottles of Coke, Tab and Fresca. Each team was also issued with a cap saver sheet for affixing the caps - which were in turn sent in to Coke for a premium gift.	1967 Coke NY Yankees In 1967 Coke expanded its cap premiums to include all of the leagues teams. The teams were issued only in their home team region, meaning distribution was quite sporadic. The caps were available on bottles of Coke, Tab and Fresca. Each team was also issued with a cap saver sheet for affixing the caps - which were in turn sent in to Coke for a premium gift.
1967 Kahn's Weiners Kahn's expanded its baseball weiner set from 32 to 41 cards in 1967 by adding the NY Mets to the existing line-up of Reds, Pirates, Braves and Indians. The set features an additional 9 variation cards - making the total set complete at 51. Since the player cards were intended to be cut away from the Advertisement - and the cards were enclosed in packages of hot dogs - finding high grade examples of this set may be extremely challenging. The key HOFers in the set are Hank Aaron (2 variations), Bill Mazeroski, Willie Stargell and Pete Rose.	1967 Dexter Postcards In its second year producing color premiums for Coca Cola, Dexter reduced the size of the set and the amount of teams represented. This set of 77 cards features borderless color player photographs with biographies and career highlights on the reverse. The primary teams represented are Baltimore, Houston, Atlanta, San Francisco, Boston and Minnesota.	1968 Dexter Postcards In its second year producing color premiums for Coca Cola, Dexter reduced the size of the set and the amount of teams represented. This set of 77 cards features borderless color player photographs with biographies and career highlights on the reverse. The primary teams represented are Baltimore, Houston, Atlanta, San Francisco, Boston and Minnesota.
1968 Atlantic Oil The 50 card set issued by Atlantic Oil in 1968 is nearly impossible to complete - due to the fact that certain of the cards were redeemable for prizes of up to $2500. The set contained 40 non-winners and 10 winners overall, but it's difficult to find in any condition. The color photo cards were issued in pairs of two - 25 blue National League cards and 25 American League in red. The players team name was listed on the card but insignias on the caps were blacked out. Big winners include Bill Freehan ($2500), Ernie Banks and Tommy Davis ($100 each).	1969 Kahn's Weiners In 1969 Kahn's issued its 15th and final baseball card issue. Continuing the format established in 1966, the set featured 22 different players with color photos and an advertising tab for Kahns. There are seven player variations making the set complete at 29.	1969 Nabisco Flakes Nabisco issued this 24 card set over the summer of 1969 in three series. The cards range vary in width depending on the type of cereal package on which they were issued. The set features no team insignias but contains many of the biggest stars of the day. Another inclusion of note is Cleveland Indians Tony Horton - a slugger who never appeared on any Topps baseball cards despite playing as a regular for many years in the sixties.
1969 Cubs Jewel Food Jewel Foods of Chicago issued this 20 card, full-color set of the Chicago Cubs in 1969. The photos are an oversized 6 inches by 9 inches with white borders and a facsimile autograph. Of course 1969 represents a high water mark for the Cubs as they led the league through mid-September with a classic line-up peppered with HOFers. The set features key players such as Banks, Jenkins, Santo, Williams, Kessinger, Beckert, Hundley, Holtzman and Kessinger.	1971 Kellogg BB The scarcest and most valuable Kelloggs set was issued in 1971. Unlike the 1970 or 1972 and later Kelloggs sets, the 1971 set was not available through any mail-in offers. This means the kids of the day would need to buy and eat 75 boxes of cereal just to have the necessary cards, let alone accounting for duplicates. Several cards in the set were corrected and as a result are available in two versions.	1973 Topps Candy Lids Topps Candy Lids were actually the top lid of a product called Baseball Stars Bubble Gum. The bottom (inside) of the lids carray a color photo of a player with a ribbon containing name, position and team. A total of 55 lids were made and finding the lids well centered can be a challenge for advanced collectors.