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gracecollector
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Just something small I learned today, thought I'd pass on the knowledge if it might help player collectors learn about a new card...
Danbury Mint 22KT gold plated cards are pretty well known. What I didn't know is that there are up to 3 variations for certain players (and 4 for at least one player - Barry Bonds). The originals were issued between 1996-2002, then there was a 2003 update, and a 2007 update. Beckett only catalogs these as 1996-2003 Danbury Mint. For Grace, there was a 2000 copyright card with Cubs logo, 2003 copyright card with Diamondbacks logo, and 2007 copyright card with Cubs logo. Stats are updated on each card.
Some players have cards with 3 different teams, 3 different copyright years; some with 2 different teams, 3 different years; and some with 1 team, 3 different years.
I, for one, didn't realize there was a 2007 update. I had the 2000 and 2003 variations, since they were easy to spot for Grace (one is Cubs, one is Arizona), but didn't know to look for the 2007 update version, which has him back as a Cub. Kinda cool that there are uniform changes between the Cubs cards - patches and pinstripes.
So if your player has one of these cards, you might have 1 or 2 new variations to look for.
Danbury Mint 22KT gold plated cards are pretty well known. What I didn't know is that there are up to 3 variations for certain players (and 4 for at least one player - Barry Bonds). The originals were issued between 1996-2002, then there was a 2003 update, and a 2007 update. Beckett only catalogs these as 1996-2003 Danbury Mint. For Grace, there was a 2000 copyright card with Cubs logo, 2003 copyright card with Diamondbacks logo, and 2007 copyright card with Cubs logo. Stats are updated on each card.
Some players have cards with 3 different teams, 3 different copyright years; some with 2 different teams, 3 different years; and some with 1 team, 3 different years.
I, for one, didn't realize there was a 2007 update. I had the 2000 and 2003 variations, since they were easy to spot for Grace (one is Cubs, one is Arizona), but didn't know to look for the 2007 update version, which has him back as a Cub. Kinda cool that there are uniform changes between the Cubs cards - patches and pinstripes.
So if your player has one of these cards, you might have 1 or 2 new variations to look for.
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