Most people are probably asking, “What are these cards?” Well, in 1960, Leaf produced a 144-card set that came in two series. The cards feature poses that are pretty much the same: a simple photo of the player from the chest up. However, there are eight strange cards in the set. These feature large headshots of the players, showing them from the neck up and making their heads appear much larger than on the normal cards (hence the nickname “Big Heads”). We assume these were possibly a sampling of the set from 1960 that Leaf could have used as a promotion for the cards, although we’re not exactly sure of the reasoning behind them. What we do know is that these cards are rare—extremely rare. There are a total of 76 cards in the PSA pop report combined for the eight different players. Several decades ago, a find consisted of 35–40 cards, plus these eight that were just uncovered and graded. That accounts for around 50–60% of all the ones that have been through PSA! In comparison, there have been 908 cards graded from the 1968 Topps 3-D set and 659 cards graded from the 1959 Home Run Derby set. While these two sets are much more popular due to the quality of star players in them, this just shows how incredibly rare the 1960 Leaf “Big Heads” are. If you are an advanced collector of regional, insert, and oddball sets, this is an incredibly rare chance to acquire one of the most difficult sets! This set is #2 on the current finest PSA set registry, being 100% complete with a GPA of 6.09. The cards are graded as follows: • #1 Luis Aparicio: PSA 8 • #12 Ken Boyer: PSA 1 (card looks to be NM-MT, but when tilted, you can see some indentation lines on the surface) • #17 Walt Moryn: PSA 9 (MC) (The MC is only on the back, where the copyright line is cut off the bottom edge) • #23 Joe Jay: PSA 8 • #35 Jim Coates: PSA 6 • #58 Hal Smith: PSA 6 • #61 Vic Rehm: PSA 6 • #72 Dick Donovan: PSA 6