is this a test proof card? says resricted issue

rum151man · Oct 8, 2012

I know this is a football card but figured this is the quickest way to get my answer. I bought a Joe Montana collection and came across this card in there. it says restricted issue but looks like it may be some kind of test proof card or something... just wanted a little help identifying it and maybe getting a possible value. thanks

there is no gold on the card & no stadium club in the circle

A_Pharis · Oct 8, 2012

Is there any embossing where the gold foil should be? It could possibly be a no foil error, but that would usually still have imprints where the gold should be.

wolfmanalfredo · Oct 8, 2012

Does it say restricted issue on the card, or only where someone wrote it on a sticker? My guess is that its just a printing error, but I'm not an expert on this set or sport by any means

rum151man · Oct 8, 2012

A_Pharis said:
Is there any embossing where the gold foil should be? It could possibly be a no foil error, but that would usually still have imprints where the gold should be.

no embossing on it

rum151man · Oct 8, 2012

wolfmanalfredo said:
Does it say restricted issue on the card, or only where someone wrote it on a sticker? My guess is that its just a printing error, but I'm not an expert on this set or sport by any means

doesnt say restricted issue on the card, at least not that I can see

200lbhockeyplayer · Oct 8, 2012

No foil, nothing more.

Not a specific test or "restricted" issue...but a fairly common misprint. It's interesting, but nothing of more than an oddball value premium of a couple bucks.

nosterbor · Oct 8, 2012

Is the card missing the gloss? If so it is a pre production. IF it still has the gloss then it is a printing error.

#237 1991 Stadium Club Pre-Production
No Gloss, lacks Gold Foil Bars and Stadium Club Emblem

rum151man · Oct 8, 2012

nosterbor said:
Is the card missing the gloss? If so it is a pre production. IF it still has the gloss then it is a printing error.

#237 1991 Stadium Club Pre-Production
No Gloss, lacks Gold Foil Bars and Stadium Club Emblem

it doesnt appear to be glossy to me but i have no other card to compare it to

ThoseBackPages · Oct 8, 2012

sportscardtheory · Oct 9, 2012

It's not from the 50-card Pre-Production set that was baseball-only and had Jose Canseco on the back of every card. It's an unreleased proof set. They aren't super rare but still get a premium for stars.

smapdi · Oct 9, 2012

1991 Stadium Club baseball had a lot of unfoiled cards backdoored. My LCS back in Poughkeepsie had an inch-thick stack of uncut sheets of series 1, unfoiled, and I saw numerous oversized cards for sale back then with no foiling, and I always assumed they were from uncut sheets just cut to the border of the photo, which was a few mm wider than the normal card size. I would suspect this is something similar. I think I remember seeing unfoiled football before, but it's been a long time.

gracecollector · Oct 9, 2012

Like others have said, a common printing error. Sheets were not run through embossing or varnishing (gloss) stages. I see a lot of these.

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