Back in the '70s and '80s, these Topps Giants cards were little regarded and even less loved.
They were too big for the bicycle spokes, but ideal for cutting into strips to fashion makeshift Hot Wheels track connectors. (Oh yes I did, and I’m proud of it.)
Dealers would leave these on their counters for the taking, or drop some in your brown paper bag when you spent a few dollars on a couple of packs of old ’72 wax.
However, it does seem that the short prints in this set are genuinely elusive. I don’t think I had ever laid eyes on this Cisco card until the advent of eBay. I’d defaced many a Hunt and McMillan, but never a Cisco...
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