variations - are we missing any?

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I suggest a new category for variations. That way if someone thinks that this is all just coffee stains they can skip this section. Personally, I like knowing the differences. I had previously pointed out the 1987 card with a big C which I think is a fake card and the little c which I think is real for the 1987 Gastonia card. Some of the differences the Rob has shown, such as the various Stadium Club are possibly a result of the mfg trying out different vendors for printing? We really do not know which vendors are used by the mfg. If we start a new category we will eventually figure out the real cards from fakes. When you look at the Donruss card from Rob you have to wonder if the printer was lazy and used left over ink or if it is a different printing shop used different color ink because they did not get the notice on ink color. We obviously have examples where the printer was just trying to get a card centered or right color ink. Examples of this are the 1990 Bowman with Ryan Sandberg on front. Because I like looking at it does not mean it is everyone's cup of tea. You also need a lot of doubles to know there is a difference. Rob also had to spend a lot of time to figure out there is a difference. This site would really be a lot different that just a collector site if we could have a variation section.