The
1962 Salada Tea & Junket Pudding set consists of 221 coins, with the
additional 44 coin variations, 265. The coins measure 1
3/8 inches and features a paper colored photo of the
player inserted into a plastic disc, coin number, team,
player name and position. The plastic discs come in
6 different colors coded by team, and were issued with
Salada tea, and Junket pudding. The set was originally
released with 180 coins. but with the 1962 National League
expansion, adding the Mets & Colts enabled Salada to
expand the set size. Twenty expansion players were added
along with 21 other players, and several player coins were
dropped, causing a scarcity of some coins.
