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This blog will discuss the 1980s and the baseball card collecting hobby, with a focus on the Chicago Cubs. Contrary to vintage baseball cards, the majority of modern cards are affordable. The various sets will be considerably simpler to obtain. So, with thousands of cards in between, we'll start with 80 Topps and end with 89 Upper Deck. The apex of this period was represented by the Sandberg Rookie of the Year in 1983.


Wednesday, October 14, 2020

1981 Topps Coca-Cola Chicago Cubs Checklist

Number of Cards

1981 Topps Coca-Cola has 136 cards which there are 11 Cubs players and an advertising card

Card Dimensions

The standard-sized cards are the following dimensions: 2-1/2" by 3-1/2"

Basic Features

Topps joined up with Coca-Cola to issue a series of regional team sets. Many of the cards are identical to the Topps set, although a number have cropping differences and feature a Coca-Cola logo on both the front and the back.

Chicago Cubs 1981 Topps Coca-Cola Checklist




Number Player
1 Tim Blackwell
2 Bill Buckner
3 Ivan DeJesus
4 Leon Durham
5 Steve Henderson
6 Mike Krukow
7 Ken Reitz
8 Rick Reuschel
9 Scot Thompson
10 Dick Tidrow
11 Mike Tyson
- Cubs Ad Card/(Unnumbered)


Tim Blackwell is identical to the Coke card; they simply rearranged the cartoons.