Printed on the sides of Bazooka gum boxes that contained 25 pieces of penny gum the 1959 Bazooka cards were colorful large format (nearly 3" x 5") cards that are among today's most popular oddball issues of the 1950s and 60s and certainly the most difficult to complete of all the Bazooka sets. As with any card that appeared on the outside of a box 1959 Bazooka is extremely prone to surface wear. However the hand-cut nature of these cards creates additional condition problems as most grading companies will not assign a numerical grade to a hand-cut card unless the entire border is visible. Indeed 83% of the 1959 Bazooka cards graded by PSA have been awarded an AUTHENTIC grade - just six examples in total. Presented here is one of them - a beautiful VG-EX example graded 4 by PSA. Just two examples have been graded higher than this by PSA - one EX 5 and a NM 7. The card is cut wonderfully with a small amount of edge and corner wear perhaps fitting a slightly higher-grade card however some surface wear on and near Mantle's face reduces the technical grade of the card to the VG/EX 4 level. Still a very difficult card to find with any numerical grade.