1923-24 BILLIKEN RIGAL SGC 40 VG 3 (RICHARD MERKIN COLLECTION).
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Item Description
2x2-5/8" Cuban card issued as a premium by Billiken brand cigars. Cards in this set feature players from the 1923-24 Cuban Professional League. The set includes 15 cards each for the four teams that participated that season: Almendares, Habana, Marianao, and Santa Clara. Glossy front features a B&W photo, players name and team. The back of the card has an ad for "Billiken." Cards in this elusive set are among the scarcest and most popular of the pre-war Cuban issues.

Manuel Rigal played for parts of two seasons in the Negro Leagues and two seasons in the Cuban Leagues between 1922-24. Designated by SGC as being from the "Richard Merkin Collection" and comes with Hake's COA.
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