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1968 JGA152 Shonen Book Trump Sadaharu Oh King of Diamonds PSA 4 POP. 1 - Only four higher! Part of a 55-card set (13 of which feature baseball platers), this is the only card in the set featuring Sadaharu Oh. Gary Engel's Japanese Baseball Card Checklist and Price Guide, Vintage Edition 4.0 (updated in summer 2025) describes the cards as such: "This set of rounded corner cards was included with the 9/68 issue of Shonen Book magazine. 13 baseball and 13 other sports subjects were included. Fronts have the player and team names printed at the top in a white area, just to the right of the suit and number. A small playing card image appears at lower right. The rest of the card is a borderless player photo. Backs have a playing card pattern, with two heads of a child wearing an SB (Shonen Book) cap. R3" In case you're not familiar with Engel's guide, it's the definitive checklist of Japanese baseball cards, used by most of the major grading companies to help identify the cards. Each identified set is assigned a scarcity factor: NS (not scarce)-More than 1,000 copies known of most cards. R1--between 250 and 1,000 copies known of most cards. R2--between 100 and 249 copies known of most cards. R3--between 11 and 99 copies known of most cards. R4--between 6 and 10 copies known of most cards. R5--5 or fewer copies known of most cards. This card is listed as R3, so there are only 11 to 99 copies of this card known to exist. Of that number, only 3 have been graded by PSA. Great-looking, 57-year-old card that was meant to be played with, and clearly was! Please reach out with any questions or if you'd like additional photos.