Retsy Series 1 · Card 0023 · 80-CND

Trade-Away Taffy

Everybody gets some. Nobody keeps it.

Orange and black wax-paper taffy squares that landed in every trick-or-treat bag and got traded away first.

Card no.: 0023 of 1,280
Set: 80s Candy · 80-CND
Year: 1984
Type: Halloween taffy squares
Found at: Your neighbor's porch bowl
Cost back then: Free on Halloween

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Nostalgia10/10

Hype2/10

Weirdness5/10

Trade value1/10

The story · 1984

The story of Trade-Away Taffy

Every Halloween, one house on the block handed out Trade-Away Taffy, and every kid groaned on the walk home. The chews were peanut buttery, rock hard by November and wrapped in waxy orange and black paper. You dumped your haul on the living room floor, and these were the first thing you tried to unload on a little brother.

Fun fact

Grandparents secretly loved them, which explains why the same bag lasted in the candy dish until spring.

Six finishes

187 copies of Trade-Away Taffy exist

Trade-Away Taffy comes in six finishes: 100 Base, 50 Holo, 25 Laser and 10 Gold copies, plus one Super Laser and one Misprint that exist exactly once. Every copy is minted to the wallet that rips it, with its own serial number.

Trade-Away Taffy, Retsy card 0023 in the Base finish — **Base**100 copies · Common

Trade-Away Taffy, Retsy card 0023 in the Holo finish — **Holo**50 copies · Uncommon

Trade-Away Taffy, Retsy card 0023 in the Laser finish — **Laser**25 copies · Rare

Trade-Away Taffy, Retsy card 0023 in the Gold finish — **Gold**10 copies · Very rare

Trade-Away Taffy, Retsy card 0023 in the Super Laser finish — **Super Laser**1 copy · 1 of 1

Trade-Away Taffy, Retsy card 0023 in the Misprint finish — **Misprint**1 copy · 1 of 1

80-CND

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