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1980 Topps


This a list with brief descriptions of Topps trading card products for 1980. All sets listed are standard size (2½ × 3½ inches) unless noted.

The 1980 Topps base set features 726 cards issued in wax packs, rack packs, and cello packs. Player cards have a facsimile autograph on the front. Subsets include Highlights, League Leaders, Future Stars, Checklists, and Team cards. Size: 2.5 × 3.5 inches, 6.35 × 8.89 centimeters

The 1980 Topps Super set contains 60 cards issued in cello packs. The cards feature a facsimile autograph on the players photo. The backs are white or gray and included the players name, team, and position. Size: 4 78 × 6 78 in., 12.38 × 17.46 centimeters

This uncut sheet was available by mail-in offer on packs. The sheet features 26 team cards from the regular set on thinner stock.

A blank backed card that shows Billy Martin as the Yankee manager. The regular issue shows Dick Howser as manager.

Five unreleased standard size cards that show a pair of player pictures stuck on cardboard with blank backs.

This test issue features three coins measuring 1⅜" diameter. The front has a player portrait and the backs shows personal data. There are bronze, silver, and gold looking variations.

1980 marked the final year for the Burger King promotional sets which began in 1977. Unlike the past two years, only one individual team set of Philadelphia Phillies was issued in the Philadelphia area. In the rest of the country, the Pitch/Hit/Run set was issued. Both sets featured Burger King logos on every card, unlike the past sets where the cards were basically identical to the Topps cards. As with the past sets, minor photo cropping variations exist between the Topps and Burger King cards when the same photo was used and in some cases the photo was changed.

The Pitch/Hit/Run set resembled the 1980 Topps regular issue cards with a red colored back as opposed to blue found in the Topps set. Some of the players had a different photo than their Topps counterpart. This Burger King set has 33 cards plus a checklist card. Size: 2.5 × 3.5 inches, 6.35 × 8.88 centimeters


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