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=Description=
 
=Description=
  
 
1996 Finest is a 359 card set issued in two series of 191 cards and 168 cards respectively.  A protective film, designed to keep the card from scratching and to maintain original gloss, covers the front.  
 
1996 Finest is a 359 card set issued in two series of 191 cards and 168 cards respectively.  A protective film, designed to keep the card from scratching and to maintain original gloss, covers the front.  
  
One of the bizarrely structured products ever released, '96 Finest provides collectors with the opportunity to complete a number of sets within sets, each with a different degree of insertion. Each card is numbered twice to indicate the set count and the theme count. Series 1 set covers four distinct themes: Phenoms, Intimidators, Gamers and Sterling. Within the first three themes, the cards are fractured into three levels of collectibility: Common (bronze trim), Uncommon (silver) and Rare (gold).  For the first series, the breakdown for the player selection of common, uncommon and rare cards is completely random. There are 110 common, 55 uncommon (1:4 packs) and 26 rare cards (1:24 packs).  
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One of the most bizarrely structured products ever released, '96 Finest provides collectors with the opportunity to complete a number of sets within the set, each with a different degree of insertion. In Series One the set is sub-divided into four distinct themes: Phenoms, Intimidators, Gamers and Sterling. Within these themes, the cards are fractured into three levels of scarcity: Common (bronze trim), Uncommon (silver) and Rare (gold).  For the first series, the breakdown for the player selection of common, uncommon and rare cards is completely random. There are 110 common, 55 uncommon (1:4 packs) and 26 rare cards (1:24 packs). Each card is sequentially-numbered twice: once by theme, and twice as part of the set as a whole.  In addition to the cards' borders, each card will also have either "common," "uncommon", or "rare" written within the numbering box on the card backs to let collectors know which type of card they hold.
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Series Two has another four themes also with common, uncommon and rare cards seeded at the same ratio. The four themes are: Franchise, Additions, Prodigies, and Sterling.
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==Series One Gold Refractor Lawsuit==
  
Series 2 covers four distinct themes also with common, uncommon and rare cards seeded at the same ratio. The four themes are: Franchise, Additions, Prodigies, and Sterling. In addition to the cards' special borders, each card will also have either "common," "uncommon", or "rare" written within the numbering box on the card backs to let collectors know which type of card they hold.
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As part of the sell sheet for 1996 Finest Series One, Topps claimed that no more than 150 copies of each Gold Refractor would be produced -- although the cards would NOT be serial-numbered.  Dr. Joseph Sentef [http://espn.go.com/sportsbusiness/s/2003/0714/1580511.html managed to collect over 220 Greg Maddux Gold Refractors] often paying as much as $900 for each card.  Sentef sued Topps and settled out-of-court for an undisclosed figure.
  
 
=Distribution=
 
=Distribution=
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!Total Cards
 
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!Numbered To
!Hobby Odds
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!Odds
!Retail Odds
 
 
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==Base Set==
 
==Base Set==
  
1 Greg Maddux Silver Intimidators
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The base set is fractured into Bronze (B), Silver (S), and Gold (G) cards.  
 
 
2 Bernie Williams Silver Gamers
 
 
 
3 Ivan Rodriguez Silver Intimidators
 
 
 
4 Marty Cordova Gold Phenoms
 
 
 
5 Roberto Hernandez  Bronze Intimidators
 
 
 
6 Tony Gwynn Gold
 
 
 
7 Barry Larkin Silver
 
 
 
8 Terry Pendleton Bronze Gamers
 
 
 
9 Albert Belle Gold
 
 
 
10 Ray Lankford Silver
 
 
 
11 Mike Piazza Silver
 
 
 
12 Ken Caminiti Bronze Gamers
 
 
 
13 Larry Walker Silver
 
 
 
14 Matt Williams Silver
 
 
 
15 Dan Miceli Bronze Phenoms
 
 
 
16 Chipper Jones Bronze Sterling
 
 
 
17 John Wetteland Bronze Intimidators
 
 
 
18 Kirby Puckett Gold
 
 
 
19 Tim Naehring Bronze
 
 
 
20 Karim Garcia Gold
 
 
 
21 Eddie Murray Bronze Gamers
 
 
 
22 Tim Salmon Silver
 
 
 
23 Kevin Appier Bronze Intimidators
 
 
 
24 Ken Griffey Jr Bronze Sterling
 
 
 
25 Cal Ripken Jr Gold Gamers
 
 
 
26 Brian McRae Bronze Gamers
 
 
 
27 Pedro Martinez Bronze Intimidators
 
 
 
28 Brian Jordan Bronze Gamers
 
 
 
29 Mike Fetters Bronze Intimidators
 
 
 
30 Carlos Delgado Bronze
 
 
 
31 Shane Reynolds Bronze Intimidators
 
 
 
32 Terry Steinbach Bronze Gamers
 
 
 
33 Hideo Nomo Gold
 
 
 
34 Mark Leiter Bronze Gamers
 
 
 
35 Edgar Martinez Silver
 
 
 
36 David Segui Bronze Gamers
 
 
 
37 Gregg Jefferies Silver
 
 
 
38 Bill Pulsipher Silver Phenoms
 
 
 
39 Ryne Sandberg Gold
 
 
 
40 Fred McGriff Bronze Intimidators
 
 
 
41 Shawn Green Silver
 
 
 
42 Jeff Bagwell Gold
 
 
 
43 Jim Abbott Silver
 
 
 
44 Glenallen Hill Bronze Intimidators
 
 
 
45 Brady Anderson Bronze Gamers
 
 
 
46 Roger Clemens Silver
 
 
 
47 Jim Thome Bronze
 
 
 
48 Frank Thomas Bronze Sterling
 
 
 
49 Chuck Knoblauch Bronze Gamers
 
 
 
50 Len Dykstra Bronze Gamers
 
 
 
51 Jason Isringhausen Gold
 
 
 
52 Rondell White Silver
 
 
 
53 Tom Pagnozzi Bronze Gamers
 
 
 
54 Dennis Eckersley Silver
 
 
 
55 Ricky Bones Bronze Gamers
 
 
 
56 David Justice Bronze Intimidators
 
 
 
57 Steve Avery Bronze
 
 
 
58 Robby Thompson Bronze Gamers
 
 
 
59 Hideo Nomo Silver
 
 
 
60 Gary Sheffield Silver
 
 
 
61 Tony Gwynn Bronze Sterling
 
 
 
62 Will Clark Silver
 
 
 
63 Denny Neagle Bronze Gamers
 
 
 
64 Mo Vaughn Gold
 
 
 
65 Bret Boone Silver
 
 
 
66 Dante Bichette Gold
 
 
 
67 Robin Ventura Bronze Gamers
 
 
 
68 Rafael Palmeiro Silver
 
 
 
69 Carlos Baerga Silver Gamers
 
 
 
70 Kevin Seitzer Bronze Gamers
 
 
 
71 Ramon J. Martinez Bronze Intimidators
 
 
 
72 Tom Glavine Silver
 
 
 
73 Garret Anderson Silver
 
 
 
74 Mark McGwire Gold
 
 
 
75 Brian L. Hunter Bronze Phenoms
 
 
 
76 Alan Benes Bronze Phenoms
 
 
 
77 Randy Johnson Silver Intimidators
 
 
 
78 Jeff King Silver
 
 
 
79 Kirby Puckett Silver
 
 
 
80 Ozzie Guillen Bronze Gamers
 
 
 
81 Kenny Lofton Gold
 
 
 
82 Benji Gil Bronze Phenoms
 
 
 
83 Jim Edmonds Gold
 
 
 
84 Cecil Fielder Silver
 
 
 
85 Todd Hundley Bronze Gamers
 
 
 
86 Reggie Sanders Silver
 
 
 
87 Pat Hentgen Bronze Gamers
 
 
 
88 Ryan Klesko Silver Intimidators
 
 
 
89 Chuck Finley Bronze
 
 
 
90 Mike Mussina Gold
 
 
 
91 John Valentin Silver Intimidators
 
 
 
92 Derek Jeter Bronze Phenoms
 
 
 
93 Paul O'Neill Bronze
 
 
 
94 Darrin Fletcher Bronze
 
 
 
95 Manny Ramirez Silver Phenoms
 
 
 
96 Delino DeShields Bronze Gamers
 
 
 
97 Tim Salmon Bronze
 
 
 
98 John Olerud Bronze Gamers
 
 
 
99 Vinny Castilla Silver
 
 
 
100 Jeff Conine Gold
 
 
 
101 Tim Wakefield Bronze
 
 
 
102 Johnny Damon Gold
 
 
 
103 Dave Stevens Bronze Gamers
 
 
 
104 Orlando Merced Bronze Gamers
 
 
 
105 Barry Bonds Gold
 
 
 
106 Jay Bell Bronze Gamers
 
 
 
107 John Burkett Bronze Gamers
 
 
 
108 Chris Hoiles Bronze Gamers
 
 
 
109 Carlos Perez Silver
 
 
 
110 Dave Nilsson Bronze Gamers
 
 
 
111 Rod Beck Bronze
 
 
 
112 Craig Biggio Silver
 
 
 
113 Mike Piazza Bronze Intimidators
 
 
 
114 Mark Langston Bronze Gamers
 
 
 
115 Juan Gonzalez Silver
 
 
 
116 Rico Brogna Bronze Gamers
 
 
 
117 Jose Canseco Gold
 
 
 
118 Tom Goodwin Bronze Gamers
 
 
 
119 Bryan Rekar Bronze Phenoms
 
 
 
120 David Cone Bronze Intimidators
 
 
 
121 Ray Durham Silver
 
 
 
122 Andy Pettitte Bronze Phenoms
 
 
 
123 Chili Davis Bronze Intimidators
 
 
 
124 John Smoltz Bronze Gamers
 
 
 
125 Heathcliff Slocumb Bronze Intimidators
 
 
 
126 Dante Bichette Bronze Intimidators
 
 
 
127 C.J. Nitkowski Silver Phenoms
 
 
 
128 Alex S. Gonzalez Bronze
 
 
 
129 Jeff Montgomery Bronze Intimidators
 
 
 
130 Raul Mondesi Silver
 
 
 
131 Dennis Martinez Bronze
 
 
 
132 Mel Rojas Bronze Intimidators
 
 
 
133 Derek Bell Bronze
 
 
 
134 Trevor Hoffman Bronze Intimidators
 
 
 
135 Ken Griffey Jr Gold
 
 
 
136 Darren Daulton Bronze
 
 
 
137 Pete Schourek Bronze Gamers
 
 
 
138 Phil Nevin Bronze Phenoms
 
 
 
139 Andres Galarraga Bronze
 
 
 
140 Chad Fonville Bronze Phenoms
 
 
 
141 Chipper Jones Gold
 
 
 
142 Lee Smith Silver
 
 
 
143 Joe Carter Silver Gamers
 
 
 
144 J.T. Snow Bronze Gamers
 
 
 
145 Greg Maddux Gold Sterling
 
 
 
146 Barry Bonds Bronze Intimidators
 
 
 
147 Orel Hershiser Bronze Gamers
 
 
 
148 Quilvio Veras Bronze
 
 
 
149 Will Clark Bronze
 
 
 
150 Jose Rijo Bronze Gamers
 
 
 
151 Mo Vaughn Silver
 
 
 
152 Travis Fryman Bronze
 
 
 
153 Frank Rodriguez Silver
 
 
 
154 Alex Fernandez Bronze
 
 
 
155 Wade Boggs Bronze Gamers
 
 
 
156 Troy Percival Bronze
 
 
 
157 Moises Alou Bronze
 
 
 
158 Javy Lopez Bronze
 
 
 
159 Jason Giambi Bronze
 
 
 
160 Steve Finley Silver
 
 
 
161 Jeff Bagwell Silver Intimidators
 
 
 
162 Mark McGwire Bronze
 
 
 
163 Eric Karros Bronze
 
 
 
164 Jay Buhner Gold
 
 
 
165 Cal Ripken Jr Silver Sterling
 
 
 
166 Mickey Tettleton Bronze
 
 
 
167 Barry Larkin Bronze
 
 
 
168 Lyle Mouton Silver
 
 
 
169 Ruben Sierra Bronze Intimidators
 
 
 
170 Bill Swift Bronze
 
 
 
171 Sammy Sosa Silver Intimidators
 
 
 
172 Chad Curtis Bronze Gamers
 
 
 
173 Dean Palmer Bronze Gamers
 
 
 
174 John Franco Silver Gamers
 
 
 
175 Bobby Bonilla Bronze Intimidators
 
 
 
176 Greg Colbrunn Bronze Gamers
 
 
 
177 Jose Mesa Bronze
 
 
 
178 Mike Greenwell Bronze Gamers
 
 
 
179 Greg Vaughn Silver Intimidators
 
 
 
180 Mark Wohlers Silver
 
 
 
181 Doug Drabek Bronze Gamers
 
 
 
182 Paul O'Neill Silver Sterling
 
 
 
183 Wilson Alvarez Bronze Gamers
 
 
 
184 Marty Cordova Bronze
 
 
 
185 Hal Morris Bronze Gamers
 
 
 
186 Frank Thomas Gold
 
 
 
187 Carlos Garcia Bronze Gamers
 
 
 
188 Albert Belle Silver
 
 
 
189 Mark Grace Silver
 
 
 
190 Marquis Grissom Bronze Gamers
 
 
 
191 Gold Checklist
 
 
 
192 Chipper Jones Gold
 
 
 
193 Will Clark Bronze
 
 
 
194 Paul Molitor Bronze
 
 
 
195 Kenny Rogers Bronze
 
 
 
196 Reggie Sanders Bronze
 
 
 
197 Roberto Alomar Gold Additions
 
 
 
198 Dennis Eckersley Gold
 
 
 
199 Raul Mondesi Bronze Sterling
 
 
 
200 Lance Johnson Bronze Additions
 
 
 
201 Alvin Morman Bronze Prodigies
 
 
 
202 George Arias Gold
 
 
 
203 Jack McDowell Bronze
 
 
 
204 Randy Myers Bronze
 
 
 
205 Harold Baines Bronze Additions
 
 
 
206 Marty Cordova Bronze Franchises
 
 
 
207 Rich Hunter Bronze
 
 
 
208 Al Leiter Bronze
 
 
 
209 Greg Gagne Bronze
 
 
 
210 Ben McDonald Bronze Additions
 
 
 
211 Ernie Young Silver Prodigies
 
 
 
212 Terry Adams Bronze Prodigies
 
 
 
213 Paul Sorrento Bronze
 
 
 
214 Albert Belle Bronze
 
 
 
215 Mike Blowers Bronze
 
 
 
216 Jim Edmonds Bronze
 
 
 
217 Felipe Crespo Bronze
 
 
 
218 Fred McGriff Silver
 
 
 
219 Shawon Dunston Bronze Additions
 
 
 
220 Jimmy Haynes Bronze
 
 
 
221 Jose Canseco Bronze
 
 
 
222 Eric Davis Bronze
 
 
 
223 Kimera Bartee Silver
 
 
 
224 Tim Raines Bronze
 
 
 
225 Tony Phillips Bronze
 
 
 
226 Charlie Hayes Bronze
 
 
 
227 Eric Owens Bronze
 
 
 
228 Roberto Alomar Bronze Sterling
 
 
 
229 Rickey Henderson Silver
 
 
 
230 Sterling Hitchcock Silver
 
 
 
231 Bernard Gilkey Silver Additions
 
 
 
232 Hideo Nomo Gold Franchises
 
 
 
233 Kenny Lofton Bronze
 
 
 
234 Ryne Sandberg Silver Sterling
 
 
 
235 Greg Maddux Silver
 
 
 
236 Mark McGwire Bronze
 
 
 
237 Jay Buhner Bronze
 
 
 
238 Craig Biggio Bronze
 
 
 
239 Todd Stottlemyre Silver
 
 
 
240 Barry Bonds Bronze Franchises
 
 
 
241 Jason Kendall Silver
 
 
 
242 Paul O'Neill Silver
 
 
 
243 Chris Snopek Gold
 
 
 
244 Ron Gant Bronze
 
 
 
245 Paul Wilson Bronze
 
 
 
246 Todd Hollandsworth Bronze
 
 
 
247 Todd Zeile Bronze
 
 
 
248 David Justice Bronze
 
 
 
249 Tim Salmon Gold
 
 
 
250 Moises Alou Bronze
 
 
 
251 Bob Wolcott Bronze Prodigies
 
 
 
252 David Wells Bronze
 
 
 
253 Juan Gonzalez Bronze
 
 
 
254 Andres Galarraga Bronze Franchises
 
 
 
255 Dave Hollins Bronze Additions
 
 
 
256 Devon White Silver Additions
 
 
 
257 Sammy Sosa Bronze Franchises
 
 
 
258 Ivan Rodriguez Bronze
 
 
 
259 Bip Roberts Bronze
 
 
 
260 Tino Martinez Bronze
 
 
 
261 Chuck Knoblauch Silver
 
 
 
262 Mike Stanley Bronze
 
 
 
263 Wally Joyner Silver
 
 
 
264 Butch Huskey Bronze
 
 
 
265 Jeff Conine Bronze
 
 
 
266 Matt Williams Gold
 
 
 
267 Mark Grace Bronze
 
 
 
268 Jason Schmidt Bronze Prodigies
 
 
 
269 Otis Nixon Bronze
 
 
 
270 Randy Johnson Gold
 
 
 
271 Kirby Puckett Bronze
 
 
 
272 Andy Fox Silver Prodigies
 
 
 
273 Andy Benes Bronze
 
 
 
274 Sean Berry Silver Additions
 
 
 
275 Mike Piazza Bronze
 
 
 
276 Rey Ordonez Bronze
 
 
 
277 Benito Santiago Silver
 
 
 
278 Gary Gaetti Bronze
 
 
 
279 Paul Molitor Gold
 
 
 
280 Robin Ventura Bronze Sterling
 
 
 
281 Cal Ripken Jr Bronze
 
 
 
282 Carlos Baerga Bronze
 
 
 
283 Roger Cedeno Bronze
 
 
 
284 Chad Mottola Silver Prodigies
 
 
 
285 Terrell Wade Bronze Prodigies
 
 
 
286 Kevin J. Brown Bronze
 
 
 
287 Rafael Palmeiro Bronze
 
 
 
288 Mo Vaughn Bronze
 
 
 
289 Dante Bichette Silver Franchises
 
 
 
290 Cecil Fielder Gold
 
 
 
291 Dwight Gooden Silver
 
 
 
292 Bob Tewksbury Bronze
 
 
 
293 Kevin Mitchell Silver Additions
 
 
 
294 Livan Hernandez Gold
 
 
 
295 Russ Davis Silver Additions
 
 
 
296 Chan Ho Park Silver
 
 
 
297 T.J. Mathews Bronze Prodigies
 
 
 
298 Manny Ramirez Bronze
 
 
 
299 Jeff Bagwell Bronze
 
 
 
300 Marty Janzen Gold Prodigies
 
 
 
301 Wade Boggs Bronze
 
 
 
302 Larry Walker Silver
 
 
 
303 Steve Gibralter Bronze Prodigies
 
 
 
304 B.J. Surhoff Bronze
 
 
 
305 Ken Griffey Jr Silver Franchises
 
 
 
306 Royce Clayton Bronze Additions
 
 
 
307 Sal Fasano Bronze Prodigies
 
 
 
308 Ron Gant Gold
 
 
 
309 Gary Sheffield Bronze Franchises
 
 
 
310 Ken Hill Bronze
 
 
 
311 Joe Girardi Bronze
 
 
 
312 Matt Lawton Bronze Prodigies
 
 
 
313 Billy Wagner Silver Prodigies
 
 
 
314 Julio Franco Bronze
 
 
 
315 Joe Carter Bronze
 
 
 
316 Brooks Kieschnick Bronze Prodigies
 
 
 
317 Mike Grace Silver
 
 
 
318 Heathcliff Slocumb Bronze
 
 
 
319 Barry Larkin Bronze Franchises
 
 
 
320 Tony Gwynn Bronze Franchises
 
 
 
321 Ryan Klesko Gold
 
 
 
322 Frank Thomas Bronze Franchises
 
 
 
323 Edgar Martinez Bronze Sterling
 
 
 
324 Jermaine Dye Gold
 
 
 
325 Henry Rodriguez Bronze
 
 
 
326 Marvin Benard Bronze
 
 
 
327 Kenny Lofton Silver Franchises
 
 
 
328 Derek Bell Silver
 
 
 
329 Ugueth Urbina Bronze Prodigies
 
 
 
330 Jason Giambi Gold
 
 
 
331 Roger Salkeld Bronze
 
 
 
332 Edgar Renteria Bronze Prodigies
 
 
 
333 Ryan Klesko Bronze
 
 
 
334 Ray Lankford Bronze Sterling
 
 
 
335 Edgar Martinez Gold
 
 
 
336 Justin Thompson Bronze Prodigies
 
 
 
337 Gary Sheffield Silver Sterling
 
 
 
338 Rey Ordonez Gold
 
 
 
339 Mark Clark Bronze
 
 
 
340 Ruben Rivera Bronze Prodigies
 
 
 
341 Mark Grace Silver Franchises
 
 
 
342 Matt Williams Bronze
 
 
 
343 Francisco Cordova Bronze Prodigies
 
 
 
344 Cecil Fielder Bronze
 
 
 
345 Andres Galarraga Silver Sterling
 
 
 
346 Brady Anderson Bronze
 
  
347 Sammy Sosa Gold
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===Series One===
  
348 Mark Grudzielanek Bronze Prodigies
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'''NOTES'''
  
349 Ron Coomer Bronze
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* There are 110 Bronze, 55 Silver (1:4), and 26 Gold (1:24) cards in Series One.
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* The set is divided into four subsets, each with their own unique design: Phenoms, Intimidators, Gamers and Sterling
  
350 Derek Jeter Silver Sterling
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351 Rich Aurilia Bronze Prodigies
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===Series Two===
  
352 Jose Herrera Bronze
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'''NOTES'''
  
353 Jay Buhner Silver
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* There are 110 Bronze, 36 Silver, and 22 Gold cards in Series Two.
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* The set is divided into four subsets, each with their own unique design: Franchises, Additions, Prodigies, and Sterling.
  
354 Juan Gonzalez Gold
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355 Craig Biggio Gold
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356 Tony Clark Bronze
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==Parallels==
  
357 Tino Martinez Silver
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358 Dan Naulty Bronze
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Each base card is available in a Refractor parallel.  The announced production figure of 150 copies of each Series One Gold Refractor has been discredited.
  
359 Checklist Bronze
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{{Finest}}
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[[Category:1996]]
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[[Category:Topps]]

Revision as of 15:56, 4 June 2019

Description

1996 Finest is a 359 card set issued in two series of 191 cards and 168 cards respectively. A protective film, designed to keep the card from scratching and to maintain original gloss, covers the front.

One of the most bizarrely structured products ever released, '96 Finest provides collectors with the opportunity to complete a number of sets within the set, each with a different degree of insertion. In Series One the set is sub-divided into four distinct themes: Phenoms, Intimidators, Gamers and Sterling. Within these themes, the cards are fractured into three levels of scarcity: Common (bronze trim), Uncommon (silver) and Rare (gold). For the first series, the breakdown for the player selection of common, uncommon and rare cards is completely random. There are 110 common, 55 uncommon (1:4 packs) and 26 rare cards (1:24 packs). Each card is sequentially-numbered twice: once by theme, and twice as part of the set as a whole. In addition to the cards' borders, each card will also have either "common," "uncommon", or "rare" written within the numbering box on the card backs to let collectors know which type of card they hold.

Series Two has another four themes also with common, uncommon and rare cards seeded at the same ratio. The four themes are: Franchise, Additions, Prodigies, and Sterling.

Series One Gold Refractor Lawsuit

As part of the sell sheet for 1996 Finest Series One, Topps claimed that no more than 150 copies of each Gold Refractor would be produced -- although the cards would NOT be serial-numbered. Dr. Joseph Sentef managed to collect over 220 Greg Maddux Gold Refractors often paying as much as $900 for each card. Sentef sued Topps and settled out-of-court for an undisclosed figure.

Distribution

Hobby boxes contained 24 packs with 6 cards in each pack.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Odds
Bronze 220 - 6:1
Silver 91 - 1:4
Gold 48 - 1:24
Bronze Refractor 220 - 1:12
Silver Refractor 91 - 1:48
Gold Refractor 48 - 1:288

Checklist

Base Set

The base set is fractured into Bronze (B), Silver (S), and Gold (G) cards.

Series One

NOTES

  • There are 110 Bronze, 55 Silver (1:4), and 26 Gold (1:24) cards in Series One.
  • The set is divided into four subsets, each with their own unique design: Phenoms, Intimidators, Gamers and Sterling

Andy-Pettitte.jpg?id=9299f2a3-b923-4070-a493-359b611b3328&size=original&side=front&.jpg Mike-Mussina.jpg?id=418d74f5-9013-4e74-8d8d-e0a26ec3889c&size=original&side=front&.jpg Tony-Gwynn.jpg?id=7dcd8818-c53c-4257-9b17-8172eadd88e3&size=original&side=front&.jpg Ken-Griffey-Jr.jpg?id=24fa56e7-2ac0-42a5-9a72-c2ce1aa52d43&size=original&side=front&.jpg
Andy-Pettitte.jpg?id=9299f2a3-b923-4070-a493-359b611b3328&size=original&side=back&.jpg Mike-Mussina.jpg?id=418d74f5-9013-4e74-8d8d-e0a26ec3889c&size=original&side=back&.jpg Tony-Gwynn.jpg?id=7dcd8818-c53c-4257-9b17-8172eadd88e3&size=original&side=back&.jpg Ken-Griffey-Jr.jpg?id=24fa56e7-2ac0-42a5-9a72-c2ce1aa52d43&size=original&side=back&.jpg

  • 1 Greg Maddux S
  • 2 Bernie Williams S
  • 3 Ivan Rodriguez S
  • 4 Marty Cordova G
  • 5 Roberto Hernandez B
  • 6 Tony Gwynn G
  • 7 Barry Larkin S
  • 8 Terry Pendleton B
  • 9 Albert Belle G
  • 10 Ray Lankford S
  • 11 Mike Piazza S
  • 12 Ken Caminiti B
  • 13 Larry Walker S
  • 14 Matt Williams S
  • 15 Dan Miceli B
  • 16 Chipper Jones B
  • 17 John Wetteland B
  • 18 Kirby Puckett G
  • 19 Tim Naehring B
  • 20 Karim Garcia G
  • 21 Eddie Murray B
  • 22 Tim Salmon S
  • 23 Kevin Appier B
  • 24 Ken Griffey, Jr. B
  • 25 Cal Ripken, Jr. G
  • 26 Brian McRae B
  • 27 Pedro Martinez B
  • 28 Brian Jordan B
  • 29 Mike Fetters B
  • 30 Carlos Delgado B
  • 31 Shane Reynolds B
  • 32 Terry Steinbach B
  • 33 Hideo Nomo G
  • 34 Mark Leiter B
  • 35 Edgar Martinez S
  • 36 David Segui B
  • 37 Gregg Jefferies S
  • 38 Bill Pulsipher S
  • 39 Ryne Sandberg G
  • 40 Fred McGriff B
  • 41 Shawn Green S
  • 42 Jeff Bagwell G
  • 43 Jim Abbott S
  • 44 Glenallen Hill B
  • 45 Brady Anderson B
  • 46 Roger Clemens S
  • 47 Jim Thome B
  • 48 Frank Thomas B
  • 49 Chuck Knoblauch B
  • 50 Lenny Dykstra B
  • 51 Jason Isringhausen G
  • 52 Rondell White S
  • 53 Tom Pagnozzi B
  • 54 Dennis Eckersley S
  • 55 Ricky Bones B
  • 56 Dave Justice B
  • 57 Steve Avery B
  • 58 Robby Thompson B
  • 59 Hideo Nomo S
  • 60 Gary Sheffield S
  • 61 Tony Gwynn B
  • 62 Will Clark S
  • 63 Denny Neagle B
  • 64 Mo Vaughn G
  • 65 Bret Boone S
  • 66 Dante Bichette G
  • 67 Robin Ventura B
  • 68 Rafael Palmeiro S
  • 69 Carlos Baerga S
  • 70 Kevin Seitzer B
  • 71 Ramon Martinez B
  • 72 Tom Glavine S
  • 73 Garret Anderson S
  • 74 Mark McGwire G
  • 75 Brian L. Hunter B
  • 76 Alan Benes B
  • 77 Randy Johnson S
  • 78 Jeff King S
  • 79 Kirby Puckett S
  • 80 Ozzie Guillen B
  • 81 Kenny Lofton G
  • 82 Benji Gil B
  • 83 Jim Edmonds G
  • 84 Cecil Fielder S
  • 85 Todd Hundley B
  • 86 Reggie Sanders S
  • 87 Pat Hentgen B
  • 88 Ryan Klesko S
  • 89 Chuck Finley B
  • 90 Mike Mussina G
  • 91 John Valentin S
  • 92 Derek Jeter B
  • 93 Paul O'Neill B
  • 94 Darrin Fletcher B
  • 95 Manny Ramirez S
  • 96 Delino DeShields B
  • 97 Tim Salmon B
  • 98 John Olerud B
  • 99 Vinny Castilla S
  • 100 Jeff Conine G
  • 101 Tim Wakefield B
  • 102 Johnny Damon G
  • 103 Dave Stevens B
  • 104 Orlando Merced B
  • 105 Barry Bonds G
  • 106 Jay Bell B
  • 107 John Burkett B
  • 108 Chris Hoiles B
  • 109 Carlos Perez S
  • 110 Dave Nilsson B
  • 111 Rod Beck B
  • 112 Craig Biggio S
  • 113 Mike Piazza B
  • 114 Mark Langston B
  • 115 Juan Gonzalez S
  • 116 Rico Brogna B
  • 117 Jose Canseco G
  • 118 Tom Goodwin B
  • 119 Bryan Rekar B
  • 120 David Cone B
  • 121 Ray Durham S
  • 122 Andy Pettitte B
  • 123 Chili Davis B
  • 124 John Smoltz B
  • 125 Heathcliff Slocumb B
  • 126 Dante Bichette B
  • 127 C.J. Nitkowski S
  • 128 Alex Gonzalez B
  • 129 Jeff Montgomery B
  • 130 Raul Mondesi S
  • 131 Denny Martinez B
  • 132 Mel Rojas B
  • 133 Derek Bell B
  • 134 Trevor Hoffman B
  • 135 Ken Griffey, Jr. G
  • 136 Darren Daulton B
  • 137 Pete Schourek B
  • 138 Phil Nevin B
  • 139 Andres Galarraga B
  • 140 Chad Fonville B
  • 141 Chipper Jones G
  • 142 Lee Smith S
  • 143 Joe Carter S
  • 144 J.T. Snow B
  • 145 Greg Maddux G
  • 146 Barry Bonds B
  • 147 Orel Hershiser B
  • 148 Quilvio Veras B
  • 149 Will Clark B
  • 150 Jose Rijo B
  • 151 Mo Vaughn S
  • 152 Travis Fryman B
  • 153 Frank Rodriguez S
  • 154 Alex Fernandez B
  • 155 Wade Boggs B
  • 156 Troy Percival B
  • 157 Moises Alou B
  • 158 Javy Lopez B
  • 159 Jason Giambi B
  • 160 Steve Finley S
  • 161 Jeff Bagwell S
  • 162 Mark McGwire B
  • 163 Eric Karros B
  • 164 Jay Buhner G
  • 165 Cal Ripken, Jr. S
  • 166 Mickey Tettleton B
  • 167 Barry Larkin B
  • 168 Lyle Mouton S
  • 169 Ruben Sierra B
  • 170 Bill Swift B
  • 171 Sammy Sosa S
  • 172 Chad Curtis B
  • 173 Dean Palmer B
  • 174 John Franco S
  • 175 Bobby Bonilla B
  • 176 Greg Colbrunn B
  • 177 Jose Mesa B
  • 178 Mike Greenwell B
  • 179 Greg Vaughn S
  • 180 Mark Wohlers S
  • 181 Doug Drabek B
  • 182 Paul O'Neill S
  • 183 Wilson Alvarez B
  • 184 Marty Cordova B
  • 185 Hal Morris B
  • 186 Frank Thomas G
  • 187 Carlos Garcia B
  • 188 Albert Belle S
  • 189 Mark Grace S
  • 190 Marquis Grissom B
  • 191 Checklist G

Series Two

NOTES

  • There are 110 Bronze, 36 Silver, and 22 Gold cards in Series Two.
  • The set is divided into four subsets, each with their own unique design: Franchises, Additions, Prodigies, and Sterling.

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  • 192 Chipper Jones G
  • 193 Will Clark B
  • 194 Paul Molitor B
  • 195 Kenny Rogers B
  • 196 Reggie Sanders B
  • 197 Roberto Alomar G
  • 198 Dennis Eckersley G
  • 199 Raul Mondesi B
  • 200 Lance Johnson B
  • 201 Alvin Morman B
  • 202 George Arias G
  • 203 Jack McDowell B
  • 204 Randy Myers B
  • 205 Harold Baines B
  • 206 Marty Cordova B
  • 207 Rich Hunter B RC
  • 208 Al Leiter B
  • 209 Greg Gagne B
  • 210 Ben McDonald B
  • 211 Ernie Young S
  • 212 Terry Adams B
  • 213 Paul Sorrento B
  • 214 Albert Belle B
  • 215 Mike Blowers B
  • 216 Jim Edmonds B
  • 217 Felipe Crespo B
  • 218 Fred McGriff S
  • 219 Shawon Dunston B
  • 220 Jimmy Haynes B
  • 221 Jose Canseco B
  • 222 Eric Davis B
  • 223 Kimera Bartee S
  • 224 Tim Raines B
  • 225 Tony Phillips B
  • 226 Charlie Hayes B
  • 227 Eric Owens B
  • 228 Roberto Alomar B
  • 229 Rickey Henderson S
  • 230 Sterling Hitchcock S
  • 231 Bernard Gilkey S
  • 232 Hideo Nomo G
  • 233 Kenny Lofton B
  • 234 Ryne Sandberg S
  • 235 Greg Maddux S
  • 236 Mark McGwire B
  • 237 Jay Buhner B
  • 238 Craig Biggio B
  • 239 Todd Stottlemyre S
  • 240 Barry Bonds B
  • 241 Jason Kendall S
  • 242 Paul O'Neill S
  • 243 Chris Snopek G
  • 244 Ron Gant B
  • 245 Paul Wilson B
  • 246 Todd Hollandsworth B
  • 247 Todd Zeile B
  • 248 Dave Justice B
  • 249 Tim Salmon G
  • 250 Moises Alou B
  • 251 Bob Wolcott B
  • 252 David Wells B
  • 253 Juan Gonzalez B
  • 254 Andres Galarraga B
  • 255 Dave Hollins B
  • 256 Devon White S
  • 257 Sammy Sosa B
  • 258 Ivan Rodriguez B
  • 259 Bip Roberts B
  • 260 Tino Martinez B
  • 261 Chuck Knoblauch S
  • 262 Mike Stanley B
  • 263 Wally Joyner S
  • 264 Butch Huskey B
  • 265 Jeff Conine B
  • 266 Matt Williams G
  • 267 Mark Grace B
  • 268 Jason Schmidt B
  • 269 Otis Nixon B
  • 270 Randy Johnson G
  • 271 Kirby Puckett B
  • 272 Andy Fox RC
  • 273 Andy Benes B
  • 274 Sean Berry S
  • 275 Mike Piazza B
  • 276 Rey Ordonez B
  • 277 Benito Santiago S
  • 278 Gary Gaetti B
  • 279 Paul Molitor G
  • 280 Robin Ventura B
  • 281 Cal Ripken, Jr. B
  • 282 Carlos Baerga B
  • 283 Roger Cedeno B
  • 284 Chad Mottola S
  • 285 Terrell Wade B
  • 286 Kevin Brown B
  • 287 Rafael Palmeiro B
  • 288 Mo Vaughn B
  • 289 Dante Bichette S
  • 290 Cecil Fielder G
  • 291 Dwight Gooden S
  • 292 Bob Tewksbury B
  • 293 Kevin Mitchell S
  • 294 Livan Hernandez G RC
  • 295 Russ Davis S
  • 296 Chan Ho Park S
  • 297 T.J. Mathews B
  • 298 Manny Ramirez B
  • 299 Jeff Bagwell B
  • 300 Marty Janzen G RC
  • 301 Wade Boggs B
  • 302 Larry Walker S
  • 303 Steve Gibralter B
  • 304 B.J. Surhoff B
  • 305 Ken Griffey, Jr. S
  • 306 Royce Clayton B
  • 307 Sal Fasano B
  • 308 Ron Gant G
  • 309 Gary Sheffield B
  • 310 Ken Hill B
  • 311 Joe Girardi B
  • 312 Matt Lawton B RC
  • 313 Billy Wagner S
  • 314 Julio Franco B
  • 315 Joe Carter B
  • 316 Brooks Kieschnick B
  • 317 Mike Grace S RC
  • 318 Heathcliff Slocumb B
  • 319 Barry Larkin B
  • 320 Tony Gwynn B
  • 321 Ryan Klesko G
  • 322 Frank Thomas B
  • 323 Edgar Martinez B
  • 324 Jermaine Dye G
  • 325 Henry Rodriguez B
  • 326 Marvin Benard B
  • 327 Kenny Lofton S
  • 328 Derek Bell S
  • 329 Ugueth Urbina B
  • 330 Jason Giambi G
  • 331 Roger Salkeld B
  • 332 Edgar Renteria B
  • 333 Ryan Klesko B
  • 334 Ray Lankford B
  • 335 Edgar Martinez G
  • 336 Justin Thompson B
  • 337 Gary Sheffield S
  • 338 Rey Ordonez G
  • 339 Mark Clark B
  • 340 Ruben Rivera B
  • 341 Mark Grace S
  • 342 Matt Williams B
  • 343 Francisco Cordova B
  • 344 Cecil Fielder B
  • 345 Andres Galarraga S
  • 346 Brady Anderson S
  • 347 Sammy Sosa G
  • 348 Mark Grudzielanek B
  • 349 Ron Coomer B
  • 350 Derek Jeter S
  • 351 Rich Aurilia B RC
  • 352 Jose Herrera B
  • 353 Jay Buhner S
  • 354 Juan Gonzalez G
  • 355 Craig Biggio G
  • 356 Tony Clark B
  • 357 Tino Martinez S
  • 358 Dan Naulty B
  • 359 Checklist B

Parallels

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Each base card is available in a Refractor parallel. The announced production figure of 150 copies of each Series One Gold Refractor has been discredited.