1948 Leaf Pirates Checklist

At first glance it’d be easy to think that the 1948 Leaf Pirates trading card set was a massive collection but in reality, despite its numbering going up to 168, there are only 49 cards in this unique set. The set can be a bit difficult to track down on eBay due to the necessity of filtering out Pittsburgh Pirates cards from your search coupled with the fact that there are 119 numbers missing from the card sequences.

The front of each card features famous pirates from history in portrait or action scenes and the back of each card includes a bio of the card’s subject. The striking coloring style and simple border add a high level of printing issues throughout the set so pristine versions of these cards can be very tough to come by.