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A couple posts ago I showed you my 1983 Topps 1952 Reprint Mickey Mantle and mentioned that although I've made peace with the fact that I'll never own the original, it is a nice substitute. Well, today I'm posting up nine more replicas of that iconic 1952 card. I have more but here are nine from my collection. Since the fronts are very similar, I will also give you a peek at the backs.

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1988 Baseball Card Magazine #311 Mickey Mantle (This repli-card was cut from the pages of Baseball Card Magazine.)

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1996 Topps Mantle #2 Mickey Mantle/1952 Topps (Inserted in packs of 1996 cards were these inserts that Topps produced replicating all of Mickey's original Topps cards in commemoration of Mickey who passed away the previous year.)

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1996 Topps Mantle Finest #2 Mickey Mantle 1952 Topps (The Finest version of the preceding card inserted into packs of 1996 Topps.)

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1996 Topps Mantle Redemption #2 Mickey Mantle 1952 Topps (This was a rare pull of a redemption card from a pack of 1996 Topps. Filling out the back of this card and mailing it in made one eligible to win the card depicted on the front. Topps gave away one original 1952 Mantle card. I didn't win it, but then again, I didn't send this in. This is the most valuable of all of my '52 Mantle reprints.)

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2006 Topps '52 #311C Mickey Mantle Green (This set was 100% rookies with the exception of Mantle. The Mantle card was issued in six different colors. I have the black, this green and the red but am still missing the blue, orange and yellow versions.)

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2007 Topps '52 #7 Mickey Mantle (Topps came back with another '52 set in 2007 and this is the Mantle card from that set. There is also a black back version which I do not own.)

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2008 Topps Factory Set Mickey Mantle Blue #MMR52 Mickey Mantle 52T (This Chrome card came as a bonus in the 2008 Topps Factory set.)

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2010 Topps Cards Your Mom Threw Out #CMT1 Mickey Mantle 52 (This is an insert from 2010 Topps. I think this was one of the first sets that Topps started annually putting out that replicated their previously released cards. I still need the Original Back version of this card.)

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2010 Yankees Topps 27 World Championships #15 Mickey Mantle/1952 Topps (This is from a 27-card box set commemorating the Yankees 27 World Championships.)