Up for sale is a rare vintage 1964 Whitey Ford Topps Coin #139. Whitey is a Hall of Fame pitcher for the New York Yankees. It is one of 44 coins in the "All Star" Set

The coin is in "acceptable" condition with some surface scratches, color loss, and some"ding" and "dent" imperfections. Despite its flaws it would make a great addition to the collection for any Whitey Ford or New York Yankees fan. It would also be perfect for any vintage "oddball" baseball memorabilia collector. Please see photos for more information.

The 44-coin All Star set (PX-18) is made up of 22 American Leaguers on blue coins with gold backs and 22 National Leaguers on red coins with silver backs. A.L. players are on the first twenty coins, and N.L. stars are on the next twenty. then, apparently to round-out representation from each team in the leagues, #161 and 162 are two American Leaguers (K.C. and Washington) and #163 and 164 are National Leaguers (Houston and New York).

The blue and red background colors used on these coins is metallic rather than flat and tends to wear quite easily on the coin rims. Most individual coins in this set show some of this wear to one degree or another when found in circulation.

The front of each coin has a top banner reading “1964 ALL STARS” and a bottom banner with the player’s name. The portraits are generally half-body shots in some type of an action pose as opposed to the pictures on the PX-17’s. The coin back gives the player’s name, team, and position as well as the coin number, a brief narrative, and the inscription ‘COLLECT ALL 44 SPECIAL ALL STARS”.

Edward Charles "Whitey" Ford, nicknamed "The Chairman of the Board", played his entire 16-year Major League Baseball career with the New York Yankees. He was a 10-time All-Star and 6-time World Series champion.

In 1961, he won both the Cy Young Award and World Series Most Valuable Player Award (MVP).  Ford led the American League (AL) in wins three times and in earned run average (ERA) twice. He is the Yankees franchise leader in career wins (236), sgutouts (45), innings pitched (​3,170 1⁄3), and games started by a pitcher (438; tied with Andy Pettitte. Ford was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974.

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