⚾ Mickey Mantle 1969 Topps #500 Yellow Name Variation Baseball Card PSA 3 Very Good — Commerce Oklahoma, New York Yankees, 3x AL MVP, Triple Crown 1956, 536 Home Runs, 7x World Series Champion, HOF 1974, Scarce Yellow Name Variant, Final Playing Career Card

Commerce, Oklahoma. The small town in the northeastern corner of the state where Mickey Mantle grew up playing ball in the shadow of the lead and zinc mines that employed most of the town, where his father Mutt Mantle — named Elvin, called Mutt — shaped a left-handed/right-handed switch hitter from the time Mickey was old enough to hold a bat. What followed was one of the most celebrated baseball careers in American history. New York Yankees. Three AL MVP awards. The Triple Crown in 1956. Five hundred thirty-six career home runs. Seven World Series championship rings. Center field at Yankee Stadium, jersey number 7, the roar of the Bronx on a summer afternoon. ⚾

The 1969 Topps #500 is Mickey Mantle's final Topps card issued during his playing career — he retired in March 1969 after the 1968 season, and this card was already in production, making it the last standard-issue Topps piece from his active years. And within the 1969 Topps #500, the Yellow Name variation is the scarce one. The standard card features "MANTLE" in green text; the Yellow Name variant prints that name in yellow — a production variation that appears significantly less frequently than the standard and has been prized by variation collectors since it was first identified. PSA 3 Very Good — the honest grade of a 55-year-old card that has seen the world, carrying the natural character of age while remaining structurally sound and authentically representing a specific, scarce production run. Commerce. New York. The Yellow Name. The final card. PSA 3. The piece that belongs to anyone who takes the 1969 Topps variation collection seriously.

⭐ Mickey Mantle PSA 3 VG — 1969 Topps #500 Yellow Name Variation, Commerce Oklahoma, New York Yankees, 3x AL MVP, Triple Crown 1956, 536 HR, 7x World Series Champion, HOF 1974, Final Career Card

Mickey Mantle 1969 Topps #500 Yellow Name variation PSA 3 Very Good — Commerce Oklahoma, New York Yankees, 3x AL MVP, Triple Crown 1956, 536 home runs, 7x World Series champion, HOF 1974, final playing career card, scarce Yellow Name variant.

📋 Card Details

🔹 Player: Mickey Mantle
🔹 Card: 1969 Topps #500 (Yellow Name Variation)
🔹 Attributes: Yellow Name Variation (Parallel / Scarce Variant)
🔹 Grading: PSA 3 — Very Good (VG)
🔹 Background: Commerce Oklahoma / Spavinaw Oklahoma, New York Yankees, 3x AL MVP (1956, 1957, 1962), Triple Crown 1956, 536 career home runs, 7x World Series champion, Switch Hitter, CF, #7 (retired), HOF Class of 1974, Yankee Stadium (Bronx New York)

Condition: NOS.