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Thursday, January 4, 2018

Year: 2006

Set: Topps - Signers of the Declaration of Independence (Rate)

Card: #NNO Robert Treat Paine


“ Very cool. I'm perhaps more of a history nut than a card nut, so this is something I would collect. In fact, I think I have a couple cards from this set albeit not this one. ” -Billy Kingsley

“ No idea what this is, but I really do love it. We need more history cards. Have to admit, I love history! Would have been great if this was the July 4th RCOTD. ” -muskie027

“ Very cool card. was this an insert? Will have to search out that set. ” -parsley24

“ Is it talent or the system? When hooked up with veterans like Franklin (1887 RC) and Jefferson (1880 RC) you wonder if Paine would have had as much success without them. ” -Sportzcommish

“ No, ma! I'm not sorting cards, I'm learning history. ” -dilemma19

“ These are great for history classes. ” -carthage44

“ Can't complain about something this American. ” -DarkSide830

“ Just had one of these as RCOTD, right? Maybe a little less randomness would be good. ” -kents_stuff

“ Nice historical set. Shame it was an insert set to a baseball set gets lost into where/when it was produced. Pretty neat that the back puzzle pieces make up the Declaration of Independence. But there are easier ways to get a copy of the document. ” -captkirk42

“ Nice card, though they all look alike other than the bottom, which is unfortunate. I need to visit his grave in Boston. DOI Signers is one of the categories I am pursuing in my travels. ” -switzr1

“ One of my favorite insert sets of all time!!! However, how did it find its way into a baseball card set? ” -jayoneill

“ Well..I am on a family road trip and here in Philadelphia, and just visited the Historical District today! Neat personal coincidence! ” -rmpaq5

“ I just learned about the revolutionary war this year in class ” -Bargunmaster


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NJDevils

Posts: 6343
Joined: Sep 2010
Thursday, January 4, 2018 8:01 AM

Simply does not belong in a baseball collection.


   

Vvvergeer

Posts: 2057
Joined: Jan 2014
Thursday, January 4, 2018 8:58 AM

Nice card. And it's lovely that (part of) the Declaration is on the back, but why not have a paragraph about Mr. Paine's role in history instead? Or at least his OPS....

Ah, and now I've gone and looked at the set. It's the exact same picture over and over again, with an insert of the person on the card in the bottom right. A good idea for a a set, but done in a lazy way. Sigh.

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Edited on: Jan 4, 2018 - 9:02AM

   

obxyankeefan

Posts: 753
Joined: Aug 2017
Thursday, January 4, 2018 7:32 PM

I liked them when Topps was doing them. This one and the Constitution one in Series 2 that year. I remember trying to get as many of this subset as I could. Also the 2008 had a subset of everyone running for POTUS that year. While I can agree that these are not exactly baseball cards, but where would you put them and how would you do a set with these as the base?


   

Billy Kingsley

Posts: 7510
Joined: Aug 2011
Thursday, January 4, 2018 11:37 PM

The funny thing is that the main picture, duplicated on all the cards, isn't even remotely accurate. It was not all a big convention where everybody signed at once. That would have been far too dangerious as, remember, they WERE commiting treason, which is a hanging offence.

We need more history based sets.


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