Set Description:
#s 1-3: DON DONAHUE FILE COPIES; #19 (17): RIP OFF PRESS (Founder/Publ.) FRED TODD, FILE COPY
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Rip Off Comix 1 |
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Rip Off Comix 1 Modern |
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CGC |
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1206890004
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Owner Comments
(CGC Book 144) (TOP POP)
(Don Donahue/Apex Novelties Publisher, Pedigree, One Owner, File Copy)
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Certification Information
Certification #: 1206890004
Title: Rip Off Comix
Issue: 1
Issue Date: 1977
Issue Year: 1977
Publisher: Rip Off Press
Grade: 9.6
Total Graded At: 6
Page Quality: OFF-WHITE TO WHITE
Grade Date: 01/08/2016
Category: Modern
Art Comments:
Gilbert Shelton, Frank Stack, Ted Richards & Bill Griffith story & art,
Shelton, Stack, Sheridan, Richards cover
Key Comments:
Wonder Wart-hog, Freak Brothers, E. Z. Wolf & Forty Year Old Hippie stories.
Grader Notes: None Available
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CGC Census - Search Results
Title Rip Off Comix
Issue No. 1
Issue Date 1977
Year 1977
Publisher Rip Off Press
Key Comments:
Wonder Wart-hog, Freak Brothers,, E. Z. Wolf & Forty Year Old Hippie, stories.
Art Comments:
Gilbert Shelton, Frank Stack,, Ted Richards & Bill Griffith story & art, Shelton, Stack, Sheridan, Richards cover
Grade Univ. Qual. SSer. Rest. Total
Mint 10.0 0 0 0 0 0
Mint 9.9 0 0 0 0 0
Near Mint/Mint 9.8 0 0 0 0 0
Near Mint + 9.6 6 0 0 0 6 *
* - (...this... DON DONAHUE, File Copy, -/ks-copy, IS.. in here.---^)
Near Mint 9.4 3 0 0 0 3
Near Mint - 9.2 1 0 0 0 1
Very Fine/Near Mint 9.0 1 0 0 0 1
Very Fine + 8.5 0 0 0 0 0
Very Fine 8.0 1 0 1 0 2
Very Fine - 7.5 0 0 0 0 0
Fine/Very Fine 7.0 1 0 0 0 1
Fine + 6.5 2 0 0 0 2
..., with NOTHING BELOW 6.0, for a ..
Total 15 0 1 0 16
{Last Updated: 8/8/2017}
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..., and this is from Sir Real's*:
*(..., at - http://www.sirrealcomix.com/page/r/RipOffComix01-1.htm)
Rip Off Comix #1
1st edition
TOUANC Price Guide #1684
April 1977
Rip Off Press
7" x 10"
75¢
52 pages
Printrun: ?
Cover: Glossy Color
Guts: Newsprint
ISBN:
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Comments:
See also:
Rip Off Comix Series
The 1st edition has a 75¢ cover price.
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Artists:
Gilbert Shelton - 1, 3-18(a), 26, 32, 42-52
Ted Richards - 1, 23-25, 27-30, 33, 35, 37-39
Frank Stack - 1, 19-22
Dave Sheridan - 1, 41
Bill Griffith - 2, 31, 40
Joe Brown - 3-18(s)
Justin Green - 34, 36
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Stories:
2 - Griffith Observatory, "Street Crazies"
3 - The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers in "The Parakeet That Outwitted The D.E.A."
19 - The Casebook Of Doctor Feelgood
23 - E.Z. Wolf, "Sheriff Alabama And The Hangin' Tree"
23 - E.Z. Wolf
24 - E.Z. Wolf's Kangaroo Court
25 - The Forty Year Old Hippie, Another Story About The Sixties
26 - Gilbert Shelton's Advanced Motoring Tips #115
27 - Dopin' Dan And The Mysterious Stranger
31 - Griffith Observatory, "The Anal Retentives"
32 - Gilbert Shelton's Advanced Motoring Tips #111
33 - The Forty Year Old Hippie, "Energy Focus Amplifier"
34 - Grace And Grease
35 - The Forty Year Old Hippie, "Trippin' In The Sixties"
36 - Pre-Dawn Antics
37 - E.Z. Wolf
38 - The Forty Year Old Hippie, "Child Person"
39 - E.Z. Wolf's Kangaroo Court
40 - Griffith Observatory, "The Art Critics"
41 - Nerds
42 - Wonder Wart-Hog Goes On Welfare
51 - Gilbert Shelton's Advanced Motoring Tips #113
52 - Read More Comix
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Rip Off Comix 2 |
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Rip Off Comix 2 Modern |
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CGC |
| Cert #: |
1206890006
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Owner Comments
(CGC Book 146) (TOP POP, Highest-Graded Copy/One-Of-A-Kind)
(Don Donahue/Apex Novelties Publisher, Pedigree, One Owner, File Copy)
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This is a Don Donahue File Copy. This is the 9th overall gcc'd.
Rip Off Comix #2, and the 1st 9.8. ...more notes, later.
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Here's the Cert. look-up as I saw it first:
Certification #: 1206890006
Title: Rip Off Comix
Issue: 2
Issue Date: 1977
Issue Year: 1977
Publisher: Rip Off Press
Grade: 9.8
Total Graded At: 0 (NOW, ...the HIGHEST GRADED copy. - ks)
Page Quality: WHITE
Grade Date: 01/08/2016
Category: Modern
Art Comments: Gilbert Shelton stories, cover & art
Grader Notes: None Available
..., and as it appears NOW:
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Certification Information
Certification #: 1206890006
Title: Rip Off Comix
Issue: 2
Issue Date: 1977
Issue Year: 1977
Publisher: Rip Off Press
Grade: 9.8
Total Graded At: 1
Page Quality: WHITE
Grade Date: 01/08/2016
Category: Modern
Art Comments: Gilbert Shelton stories, cover & art
Grader Notes: None Available
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..., and here is the CENSUS:
Title
Rip Off Comix
Issue No. 2
Issue Date 1977
Year 1977
Publisher Rip Off Press
Grade Universal Qualified Signature Series Restored Total
Mint 10.0 0 0 0 0 0
Mint 9.9 0 0 0 0 0
Near Mint/Mint 9.8 1 0 0 0 1
Near Mint + 9.6 2 0 0 0 2
Near Mint 9.4 4 0 0 0 4
Near Mint - 9.2 1 0 0 0 1
Very Fine/Near Mint 9.0 1 0 0 0 1
..., with nothing below 9.0, for a
Total 9 0 0 0 9
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Rip Off Comix 3 |
| Item: |
Rip Off Comix 3 Modern |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
1206890008
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Owner Comments
(CGC Book 148) (Second-Highest Graded Copy)
(Don Donahue/Apex Novelties Publisher, Pedigree, One Owner, File Copy)
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This is the 3rd, THIRD, overall cgc'd ...
Rip Off Comics, #3,
..., and the 2nd, SECOND, 9.4, ..
[currently, the SECOND HIGHEST Graded Copy]
This is ... a ...
DON DONAHUE,
Apex Novelties,
File Copy, ...
[NEW{?}], and I am the one owner....
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..., and here's the CENSUS, ...
..., which includes this book:
Title Rip Off Comix
Issue No. 3
Issue Date 3/78
Year 1978
Publisher Rip Off Press
Grade Universal Qualified Signature Series Restored Total
Mint 10.0 0 0 0 0 0
Mint 9.9 0 0 0 0 0
Near Mint/Mint 9.8 0 0 0 0 0
Near Mint + 9.6 1 0 0 0 1
Near Mint 9.4 2 0 0 0 2
Near Mint - 9.2 0 0 0 0 0
Very Fine/Near Mint 9.0 0 0 0 0 0
Very Fine + 8.5 0 0 0 0 0
Very Fine 8.0 0 0 0 0 0
Very Fine - 7.5 0 0 0 0 0
Fine/Very Fine 7.0 0 0 0 0 0
Fine + 6.5 0 0 0 0 0
Fine 6.0 0 0 0 0 0
Fine - 5.5 0 0 0 0 0
Very Good/Fine 5.0 0 0 0 0 0
Very Good + 4.5 0 0 0 0 0
Very Good 4.0 0 0 0 0 0
Very Good - 3.5 0 0 0 0 0
Good/Very Good 3.0 0 0 0 0 0
Good + 2.5 0 0 0 0 0
Good 2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Good - 1.8 0 0 0 0 0
Fair/Good 1.5 0 0 0 0 0
Fair 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Poor 0.5 0 0 0 0 0
Total 3 0 0 0 3
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..., with an UPDATED CENSUS, here:
CGC Census - Search Results
Title Rip Off Comix
Issue No. 3
Issue Date 3/78
Year 1978
Publisher Rip Off Press
Art Comments Gilbert Shelton stories, cover & art
Grade Univ. Qual. SSer. Rest. Total
Mint 10.0 0 0 0 0 0
Mint 9.9 0 0 0 0 0
Near Mint/Mint 9.8 0 0 0 0 0
Near Mint + 9.6 1 0 0 0 1
Near Mint 9.4 2 0 0 0 2
Near Mint - 9.2 1 0 0 0 1
Very Fine/Near Mint 9.0 0 0 0 0 0
..., with NOTHING BELOW 9.0, for a..
Total 4 0 0 0 4
{Last Updated: 8/8/2017}
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..., and here's the Cert. Look-up, ...
..., which now reads:
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Certification Information
Certification #: 1206890008
Title: Rip Off Comix
Issue: 3
Issue Date: 3/78
Issue Year: 1978
Publisher: Rip Off Press
Grade: 9.4
Total Graded At: 2
Page Quality: WHITE
Grade Date: 01/08/2016
Category: Modern
Art Comments: Gilbert Shelton stories, cover & art
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Verify CGC Certification
Certification Information
Certification #: 1206890008
Title: Rip Off Comix
Issue: 3
Issue Date: 3/78
Issue Year: 1978
Publisher: Rip Off Press
Grade: 9.4
Total Graded At: 2
Page Quality: WHITE
Grade Date: 01/08/2016
Category: Modern
Art Comments: Gilbert Shelton stories, cover & art
Grader Notes:
{Last Updated: 8/8/2017} - ckw
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..., and here's the [FIRST,1st] Cert. Look-up:
Certification #: 1206890008
Title: Rip Off Comix
Issue: 3
Issue Date: 3/78
Issue Year: 1978
Publisher: Rip Off Press
Grade: 9.4
Total Graded At: 1
Page Quality: WHITE
Grade Date: 01/08/2016
Category: Modern
Art Comments: Gilbert Shelton stories, cover & art
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..., and this is from Sir Real's, at:
{http://www.sirrealcomix.com/page/r/RipOffComix03-1.htm}
Rip Off Comix #3
1st edition
TOUANC Price Guide #1686
March 1978
Rip Off Press
7" x 10"
75¢
52 pages
Printrun: ?
Cover: Glossy Color
Guts: Newsprint
ISBN:
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Comments: The 1st edition has a 75¢ cover price.
(See also: Rip Off Comix Series)
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Artists:
Gilbert Shelton - 1, 3-7, 39-52
Dave Sheridan - 1, 27-35
Ted Richards - 1, 2, 14-19
Fred Schrier - 1, 36
Harry Driggs (="R. Diggs") - 1, 20-26
Larry Rippee - 1, 37
Bill Griffith - 1, 8-13
Manfred Mroczkowski - 3-7(story inspiration)
J. Michael Leonard - 38
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Stories:
2 - E.Z. Wolf's Kangaroo Court
3 - The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers in "He Who Hesitates"
6 - Fat Freddy's Cat
8 - Griffith Observatory, "Objective Study"
9 - Griffith Observatory, "The Normals"
10 - Griffith Observatory, "The 'Zine Scene"
11 - Griffith Observatory, "Ostentatious Humility"
12 - Griffith Observatory, "The Worriers"
13 - Griffith Observatory, "Media Addicts"
14 - The Forty Year Old Hippie
20 - The Wings Of Charley
27 - Dealer McDope in "The Islands"
35 - Nerds
36 - Stupid Stories
37 - Luncheon Counters Of The Worst Kind
38 - Star Weevils, The Barroom Scene
39 - Wonder Wart-Hog in "Return From The Planet Of The Pigs"
51 - Gilbert Shelton's Advanced International Motoring Tips #178
52 - Proposed Office Building, Rip Off Press, Inc.
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Rip Off Comix 7 |
| Item: |
Rip Off Comix 7 Modern |
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CGC |
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3912758007
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Owner Comments
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CGC Census - Search Results
Title
Rip Off Comix
Issue No. 7
Issue Date 1980
Year 1980
Publisher Rip Off Press
Country
Art Comments Dave Sheridan, Gilbert Shelton,, R. Diggs & Bill Griffith stories & art
Country/Variant
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Grade Universal Qualified Signature Series Restored
See Detail Total
Mint 10.0 0 0 0 0 0
Mint 9.9 0 0 0 0 0
Near Mint/Mint 9.8 0 0 0 0 0
Near Mint + 9.6 1 0 0 0 1
Near Mint 9.4 0 0 0 0 0
Near Mint - 9.2 0 0 0 0 0
Very Fine/Near Mint 9.0 2 0 0 0 2
Very Fine + 8.5 1 0 0 0 1
Very Fine 8.0 1 0 0 0 1
Very Fine - 7.5 0 0 0 0 0
Fine/Very Fine 7.0 0 0 0 0 0
Fine + 6.5 0 0 0 0 0
Fine 6.0 0 0 0 0 0
Fine - 5.5 0 0 0 0 0
Very Good/Fine 5.0 0 0 0 0 0
Very Good + 4.5 0 0 0 0 0
Very Good 4.0 0 0 0 0 0
Very Good - 3.5 0 0 0 0 0
Good/Very Good 3.0 0 0 0 0 0
Good + 2.5 0 0 0 0 0
Good 2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Good - 1.8 0 0 0 0 0
Fair/Good 1.5 0 0 0 0 0
Fair 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Poor 0.5 0 0 0 0 0
Total 5 0 0 0 5
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CGC Cert #
3912758007
Title
Rip Off Comix
Issue
7
Issue Date
1980
Issue Year
1980
Publisher
Rip Off Press
Grade
8.0
Page Quality
WHITE
Grade Date
12/23/2021
Grade Category
Modern
Art Comments
Dave Sheridan, Gilbert Shelton,
R. Diggs & Bill Griffith stories & art
Grader Notes
light bends to cover
light creasing to cover
light spine stress lines to cover
Total Graded by CGC
In 8.0: 1
In Higher Grades: 4
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Rip Off Comix 19 |
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Rip Off Comix 19 Universal |
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CGC |
| Cert #: |
1207269001
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Owner Comments
(CGC Book 132) (TOP POP)
(Rip Off Press, Publishers',
One Original Owner, Pedigree, File Copy)
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This is the FIRST, 1st CGC'd
Rip Off Press
Rip Off Comix, #19
..., and the FIRST, 1st 9.4:
the Highest, and ONLY Graded copy...!
This is... ..., another oo-ak, wack, One-Of-A-Kind, folks.
[This is..]
The FITTS (i.e., THE FIRST IN The Top Spot)
The GOATTS (i.e., THE GREATEST ONE At The Top Spot), and ...
The GREATTS (i.e., THE GRADING RECORDED EARLIEST At The Top Spot) !!!
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This book book is from Co-founders, and Publishers, The Todd Family collection, and ...
...I am SO VERY GRATEFUL ..
for the opportunity ..
to own this book (albeit, temporarily),
have it encased (credit where credit is due),
and
added to The World...!
Also, a great debt of gratitude is due..
THE TODD FAMILY, Co-founders, and publishers, of RIP OFF PRESS. This book is from THAT collection ...
It is UNLIKELY that.. ANY other copies of RIP OFF COMIX #19 in..
its'
... UNCORRECTED STATE..
exist !!!
{Read ''ed and weep, and HAPPY HUNTING!}
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Here is the..
(CGC Census - Search Results)
CENSUS data, for this ONE:
Title: Rip Off Comix
Issue No.: 19
Issue Date: 1988
Year: 1988
Publisher: Rip Off Press
Key Comments: Cover incorrectly states
"No. 17", Indicia & 1st page correctly state
"No. 19"
Art Comments: Gilbert Shelton cover & art.
Grade Universal Qualified Signature Series Restored Total
GEM, Mint 10.0 0 0 0 0 0
MINT, Mint 9.9 0 0 0 0 0
Near Mint/Mint 9.8 0 0 0 0 0
Near Mint + 9.6 0 0 0 0 0
Near Mint 9.4 1 0 0 0 1
..., with nothing below 9.4, for a..
Total 1 0 0 0 1
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..., and here is the..
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CERTIFICATION look-up for this same ONE:
Certification Information
Certification #: 1207269001
Title: Rip Off Comix
Issue: 19
Issue Date: 1988
Issue Year: 1988
Publisher: Rip Off Press
Grade: 9.4
Total Graded At: 1
Page Quality: WHITE
Grade Date: 12/09/2015
Category: Modern
Art Comments: Gilbert Shelton cover & art.
Key Comments: Cover incorrectly states
"No. 17", Indicia & 1st page correctly state
"No. 19".
Grader Notes: Front Cover, Lite Multiple Scuff
Breaks Color, Spine Stress Lines Breaks Color.
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..., and this is from Sir Real's, at:
{http://www.sirrealcomix.com/page/r/RipOffComix19-1.htm}
Rip Off Comix #19
1st (only) edition
TOUANC Price Guide #n/a
1988
Rip Off Press
8 1/4" x 10 5/8"
$2.95
52 pages
Printrun: ?
Cover: Glossy Color
Guts: White
ISBN:
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Comments: Rock 'n Roll Issue
(See also: Rip Off Comix Series)
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Artists:
Gilbert Shelton - 1, 4-8
Guy Colwell - 1(c), 52
Kathe Todd - 2(t)
Mary Fleener - 9-10
Willem - 11-15
Scott Nickel - 16
Joe Lee - 17-24
Ace Backwords - 25
R.L. Crabb - 26-29, 51+(ad)
Mike McGetrick - 30-31
Terry Labian - 32-34
Ron Foss - 35
Dennis Worden - 36-39
Lindsay Arnold - 40-41
Bruce Bolinger - 42-44
Wayne Honath - 45-46
Larry Todd - 47-50
Steve Lafler - 51+(ad)
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Stories:
2 - Introduction
3 - Contents
4 - Fat Freddy's Cat and the Pied Piper of Hamel(i)n
9 - Just Another gig
11 - Cold War
16 - Merf 'n Eedle
17 - Perchance Ta Canasta
25 - Good 'Ole Dreadful Dud Go Punk
26 - The Green Stuff
30 - Rick Starr
32 - Bill's Band
35 - Take It All Off
36 - Stickboy
40 - On Tour with the Captain
42 - Stranger in a Strange Land
45 - The Bobfellows
47 - Rock and Roll Aliens
51 - Rockers (Ad)
52 - untitled
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HISTORICAL FOOTNOTES:
It is currently unknown how many copies of this comic book were printed. It has not been reprinted. Like other magazine-format comics with numbered pages, the index of comic creators below follows the page numbers defined in the magazine instead of counting the covers as additional numbered pages.
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..., but WAIT(!) ..
We have another! {Dated: 28 August, 2023}
..., in THIS .. UPDATED CENSUS:
CGC Census - Search Results
Title: Rip Off Comix
Issue No.: 19
Issue Date: 1988
Year: 1988
Publisher: Rip Off Press
Key Comments: Cover incorrectly states "No. 17", Indicia & 1st page correctly state "No. 19"
Art Comments: Gilbert Shelton, cover & art
Grade Univ. Qual. SSer. Rest. Total
Mint: 10.=0
Mint: 9.9=0
Near Mint/Mint 9.8 0 0 0 0 0
Near Mint + 9.6 0 0 0 0 0
Near Mint 9.4 1 0 0 0 1
Near Mint - 9.2 1 0 0 0 1
Very Fine/NM 9.0 0 0 0 0 0
..., with nothing below 9.0, for a ..
Total 2 0 0 0 2
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