Virtual Uncut Sheets
Uncut sheets of vintage cards occasionally come up for sale, and studying those sheets can provide insight as to why some cards are harder to find than others. For example, by looking at an uncut sheet, you can see why some cards are considered short prints or double prints. You can also see that a card's location on a sheet can affect its scarcity, because cards on the corners and edges of the sheets were more likely to be damaged in production.
The Vintage Football Card Gallery contains a number of "virtual" uncut sheets, listed below. Some of the sheets are complete, and some are still in progress.These virtual sheets show the configuration of the real sheets, and they let you click through to see the details for each card.
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1948 Bowman
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1948 Leaf
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90% certain of configuration of both sheets. |
1949 Leaf
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Have seen full sheet, certain of configuration. |
1950 Bowman
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1951 Bowman
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1952 Bowman Large
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1953 Bowman
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1954 Bowman
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1955 Bowman
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1955 Topps All-American
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1956 Topps
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1957 Topps
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1958 Topps
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1959 Topps
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Have seen half-sheets from both series, nearly certain of configuration of other half-sheets. |
1960 Fleer
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1960 Topps
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1961 Fleer
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1961 Topps
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1962 Fleer
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1962 Topps
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1963 Fleer
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1963 Topps
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Both half-sheets complete, don't know which was left half and which was right half. |
1964 Philadelphia
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Full 264-card sheet complete. |
1964 Topps
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Only small pieces gleaned from miscut cards. |
1965 Philadelphia
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Both half-sheets complete, don't know which was left half and which was right half. |
1965 Topps
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1966 Philadelphia
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Both half-sheets complete, don't know which was left half and which was right half. |
1966 Topps
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Have seen one half-sheet, which contains a full set of 132 cards. Guessing that second half-sheet resembles first one. |
1967 Philadelphia
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Both half-sheets complete, don't know which was left half and which was right half. |
1967 Topps
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1968 Topps
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1968 Topps Stand Up
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1969 Topps
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1970 Topps Super
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1971 Topps
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One half of 1st series sheet is finished; the other half is probably identical. Both halves of 2nd series sheet are finished. |