Scanlens

Scanlens is a brand of trading cards first produced in the 1930s and given away with packets of sweets and chewing gum.[1] The first sports-themed cards series were produced in limited quantities in 1963 [2] featuring 18 players from the Victorian Football League and players in the New South Wales and Queensland Rugby League competitions which have since become highly sought after, with some cards commanding a price of up to $2000 each. Scanlens went on to produce further modern card sets (sport and non sport) between 1963 and 1989, many of which have since become collectors' items.[3]

References
  1. "Thieves make off with collector's cards". The Sydney Morning Herald. 17 October 2007. Retrieved 14 April 2009. Scanlens first produced trading cards in the 1930s, '40s and '50s, which were given away with packets of chewing gum.
  2. "Football Changes Are on the Cards".
  3. "Caulfield Glen Eira / Port Phillip Leader". 24 April 2006. Retrieved 14 April 2009. Scanlens cards are still very keenly sought after by collectors as not many exist in great

Other non sport cards include star trek Captains log and planet of the apes also produced by tops

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