June 5, 2015
Finally acquiring a Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl XIII ring, led to some surprising facts:
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Here’s the most stunning thing I learned: The Steelers did something very unusual that year with regards to their Super Bowl Ring; on non-player championship rings, they put a “78″ on the Steeler helmet to designate the championship year. However, player rings contained their actual jersey number on their ring’s helmet.
Here’s another interesting discovery – Many championship rings collectors always thought that players had their position at the bottom of the Super Bowl XIII ring (ex. QB, WR, DT). As far as I know, not a single 1978 Super Bowl ring has ever sold at auction (accept one, back in 2008 on ebay). It was believed that the position of the player was put on the bottom of the 1978 Super Bowl rings because the Terry Bradshaw salesman sample rings have a “QB” at the bottom of the shank.
Those who have read my many championship ring blogs, know how I feel about salesman sample rings. And those that have collected championship rings, usually reach the same conclusion too – that many if not most salesman sample rings are fake.
When I acquired the championship ring above, the coach’s initials were on the ring. This led me to theorize that non player rings had the recipient’s initials. Of course, everyone had their last name prominently displayed on the ring too.
In researching this blog entry, I went back and looked at photos of that player ring that sold on ebay, and much to my surprise, I see that his initials, not his position are on the championship ring.
This discovery will add to further speculation and doubt about the Terry Bradshaw salesman sample rings being 100% genuine.
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