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=Reviews=
 
  
 
=Insertion Ratios=
 
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|Certified Destiny||10||-||1:9
 
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|Epix||24||-||1:13
 
 
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|Certified Team||20||-||1:19
 
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|Mirror Blue||150||-||1:149
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|Mirror Gold||150||-||1:299
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|Mirror Red||150||?||1:39
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|Mirror Blue||150||?||1:149
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|Totally Certified Platinum Red||150||4,999||?
 
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==Parallels==
 
==Parallels==
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===Certified Red, Mirror Red/Blue/Gold===
  
All 150 base cards are confirmed to have the following parallels:
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All 150 base cards have the following parallels that have been confirmed to exist (i.e., at least one copy has surfaced on the secondary market):
  
 
* Certified Red
 
* Certified Red
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* Mirror Gold
  
Certified Red, Mirror Red, Mirror Blue, and Mirror Gold parallels are not serial-numbered.  It is not known how many of each Certified Red or Mirror parallel sets were printed.  
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Certified Red, Mirror Red, Mirror Blue, and Mirror Gold parallels are not serial-numbered.  It is not known how many of each Certified Red, Mirror Red, Blue, or Gold sets were printed. However, for each of these parallels, cards 101-150 had half of the production as cards 1-100.
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===Totally Certified Parallels===
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According to the original sell sheet, only cards 1-10 of Totally Certified Platinum Red, Blue, and Gold were available in 1998 Pinnacle Certified (as inserts).  This could be why the only Platinum Gold parallels that have emerged were cards 1-10 and why the select few of Platinum Blue and Red parallels that have surfaced were also only of the first ten players in the set.
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Original sell sheet also stated, "Totally Certified will not ship until February" which suggests that 1998 Totally Certified was planned to be released as a separate set (as in 1997) or that cards 11-150 had Platinum Red, Blue, and Gold parallels to be released separately.
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However, due to Pinnacle's bankruptcy in July/August 1998, it is possible that the Totally Certified Parallels of cards 11-150 were never produced or were produced but have yet to surface on the secondary market.
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===Totally Certified Platinum Red===
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The only Totally Certified Platinum Red parallel that has surfaced is of Vladimir Guerrero and is sheet cut/factory cut.
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1 Vladimir Guerrero [http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180225/e6aca71303baa0dca6d18cb254fc1787.jpg]
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===Totally Certified Platinum Blue===
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Totally Certified Platinum Blue parallels exist but only a few players have surfaced.  A miscut sheet portion of Platinum Blues surfaced that featured Vladimir Guerrero, Andruw Jones, and Paul Molitor [http://www.freedomcardboard.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=71555&d=1501021100&thumb=1][http://www.freedomcardboard.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=71557&d=1501022624&thumb=1].  However, a sheet cut/factory cut Platinum Blue parallel of Vladmir Guerrero and Andruw Jones (but not Paul Molitor) has surfaced.  The following players have a Platinum Blue parallel that has emerged on the secondary market:
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1 Vladimir Guerrero
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2 Andruw Jones
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3 Paul Molitor
  
 
===Totally Certified Platinum Gold===
 
===Totally Certified Platinum Gold===
  
Totally Certified Platinum Gold parallels have surfaced, but only for the first ten cards in the set.  It is not known if Platinum Golds beyond card #10 were produced or why only these first ten players have this parallel.  These are serially numbered to 30, although a Darin Erstad with "xxxx - 0300" printed on the back has also surfaced.  While it is unknown if all 30 sets were produced, one collector [http://www.freedomcardboard.com/forum/showthread.php/131666-1998-Pinnacle-Totally-Certified-Platinum-Gold/page2] has documented the existence of 14 Darin Erstad Platinum Golds, with serial numbers ranging from 2/30 to 30/30.  The following players are confirmed to have a Platinum Gold parallel:
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Totally Certified Platinum Gold parallels have surfaced, but only for the first ten cards in the set.   
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These are serially numbered to 30, although a Darin Erstad with "xxxx - 0300" printed on the back has also surfaced.  While it is unknown if all 30 sets were produced, one collector [http://www.freedomcardboard.com/forum/showthread.php/131666-1998-Pinnacle-Totally-Certified-Platinum-Gold/page2] has documented the existence of 14 Darin Erstad Platinum Golds, with serial numbers ranging from 2/30 to 30/30.  The following players are confirmed to have a Platinum Gold parallel:
  
 
1 Vladimir Guerrero
 
1 Vladimir Guerrero
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10 Rusty Greer
 
10 Rusty Greer
  
===Totally Certified Platinum Blue===
 
  
Totally Certified Platinum Blue parallels have surfaced, but only for the first two cards in the set.  It is not known if Platinum Blues beyond card #2 were produced or why only these first two players have this parallel.  The following players are confirmed to have a Platinum Blue parallel:
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===Mirror Black===
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Each card in the base set (1-150) was supposed to have a Mirror Black parallel that was to be numbered 1 of 1.  However, no Mirror Blacks have surfaced and thus it is unknown if they were even printed, let alone distributed.
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==Inserts==
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===Certified Destiny & Certified Gold Destiny===
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This 10-card set was printed on mirror mylar with foil stamping and featured the game's future superstars.  Each Certified Destiny insert featured a Certified Gold Destiny parallel.  Neither version was serially numbered. 
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In 2014, an uncut sheet containing 6 Certified Gold Destiny copies of each player in the set emerged on the secondary market [https://thumbs.worthpoint.com/zoom/images1/1/0914/10/1998-pinnacle-certified-gold-destiny_1_f974551206332ed36ded1e4a1ac6c63c.jpg].  However, official list of players in this set has not been confirmed other than Ben Grieve.  It is unknown if sheet cut versions of the Certified Destiny or Certified Gold Destiny exist.
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===Certified Team & Certified Gold Team===
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This 20-card set was printed on micro-etched mirror mylar foil and featured the top superstars in the game.  Each Certified Destiny insert featured a Certified Gold Destiny parallel.  Neither version was serially numbered.
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The same uncut sheet referenced above also contained 2 Certified Gold Team copies of each player in the set.  The list of players confirmed to exist are:
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Derek Jeter
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Frank Thomas
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Albert Belle
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Cal Ripken, Jr.
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Larry Walker
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Greg Maddux
  
1 Vladimir Guerrero
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Ken Griffey, Jr.
  
2 Andruw Jones
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Revision as of 05:26, 25 February 2018


Description

1998 Pinnacle Certified was supposed to be a 150-card release, intended for release in early August, 1998. The product was never released due to Pinnacle Brands' bankruptcy in July, 1998.

According to the sell-sheets issued by Pinnacle Brands, the Totally Certified product introduced the previous year was to have been absorbed into Pinnacle Certified as parallels. Also, the final batch of Epix inserts were to have been included.

Over the years, a number of cards from this set, especially from the "Mirror Red" and "Totally Certified Platinum Gold" parallel sets, have made their way into the secondary market. Just like with most 1998 Select and Donruss Limited, and high-numbered Donruss Crusade cards, they were likely "backdoored."

In October of 2017, several Mirror Red singles went up for sale on eBay. Also, a base, Certified Red, Mirror Red, Mirror Blue, and Mirror Gold set also emerged.

https://www.sportscollectorsdaily.com/previously-unknown-1998-pinnacle-certified-cards-emerge/


Distribution

Sell-sheets stated that a pack of six cards was to have retailed for $4.99.

File:1998pinnaclecertifiedsellsheet (1).jpg File:1998 Pinnacle Certified 1.jpg

Insertion Ratios

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Odds
Base 150 - ?
Epix 24 - 1:13
Certified Destiny 10 - 1:9
Certified Team 20 - 1:19
Certified Gold Destiny 10 - 1:59
Certified Gold Team 20 - 1:119
Certified Red 150 - 1:3
Mirror Red 150 ? 1:39
Mirror Blue 150 ? 1:149
Mirror Gold 150 ? 1:299
Totally Certified Platinum Red 150 4,999 ?
Totally Certified Platinum Blue 150 2,499 ?
Totally Certified Platinum Gold 150 30 ?
Mirror Black 150 one-of-one ?

Checklist

The following was the provisional checklist provided by Pinnacle Brands before their bankruptcy. This full checklist (1-150) has since been fully confirmed and at least one copy of every card in the base set exists.


  • 1 Vladimir Guerrero
  • 2 Andruw Jones
  • 3 Paul Molitor
  • 4 Jose Cruz
  • 5 Edgar Martinez
  • 6 Andy Pettitte
  • 7 Darin Erstad
  • 8 Barry Larkin
  • 9 Derek Jeter
  • 10 Rusty Greer
  • 11 Brady Anderson
  • 12 Tony Clark
  • 13 Manny Ramirez
  • 14 Jim Thome
  • 15 Matt Williams
  • 16 Ivan Rodriguez
  • 17 Scott Rolen
  • 18 Gary Sheffield
  • 19 Dave Justice
  • 20 Roberto Alomar
  • 21 Ken Caminiti
  • 22 Sammy Sosa
  • 23 Albert Belle
  • 24 Chuck Knoblauch
  • 25 Mo Vaughn
  • 26 Raul Mondesi
  • 27 Tim Salmon
  • 28 Bernie Williams
  • 29 Tony Gwynn
  • 30 Pedro Martinez
  • 31 Roger Clemens
  • 32 Craig Biggio
  • 33 Randy Johnson
  • 34 Tino Martinez
  • 35 Chipper Jones
  • 36 Kenny Lofton
  • 37 Greg Maddux
  • 38 Hideo Nomo
  • 39 Andres Galarraga
  • 40 Nomar Garciaparra
  • 41 Juan Gonzalez
  • 42 Mark McGwire
  • 43 Mike Piazza
  • 44 Jeff Bagwell
  • 45 Barry Bonds
  • 46 Larry Walker
  • 47 Alex Rodriguez
  • 48 Frank Thomas
  • 49 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 50 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 51 Todd Walker
  • 52 Jose Guillen
  • 53 Vinny Castilla
  • 54 Shannon Stewart
  • 55 Jim Edmonds
  • 56 Bob Higginson
  • 57 Jay Buhner
  • 58 Mike Mussina
  • 59 Todd Greene
  • 60 Chan Ho Park
  • 61 Livan Hernandez
  • 62 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
  • 63 Fred McGriff
  • 64 Travis Fryman
  • 65 Jaret Wright
  • 66 Bobby Bonilla
  • 67 Moises Alou
  • 68 Rafael Palmeiro
  • 69 Charles Johnson
  • 70 Ray Lankford
  • 71 Kevin Brown
  • 72 Neifi Perez
  • 73 Rondell White
  • 74 Bartolo Colon
  • 75 Bob Abreu
  • 76 Eric Young
  • 77 Jason Giambi
  • 78 Edgardo Alfonzo
  • 79 Dante Bichette
  • 80 Eric Karros
  • 81 Matt Morris
  • 82 Tom Glavine
  • 83 Todd Hundley
  • 84 Jason Dickson
  • 85 Ryan Klesko
  • 86 Mark Grace
  • 87 Brett Tomko
  • 88 Kevin Orie
  • 89 Robin Ventura
  • 90 Jose Canseco
  • 91 Brian Jordan
  • 92 Jason Kendall
  • 93 Mike Cameron
  • 94 Curt Schilling
  • 95 Carlos Delgado
  • 96 Garret Anderson
  • 97 John Smoltz
  • 98 Wade Boggs
  • 99 Javy Lopez
  • 100 Juan Encarnacion
  • 101 Travis Lee
  • 102 Todd Helton
  • 103 Mark Kotsay
  • 104 Fernando Tatis
  • 105 David Ortiz
  • 106 Paul Konerko
  • 107 Miguel Tejada
  • 108 Derrek Lee
  • 109 Jacob Cruz
  • 110 Randall Simon
  • 111 Kerry Wood
  • 112 Ricky Ledee
  • 113 Eli Marrero
  • 114 Brad Fullmer
  • 115 Bobby Estalella
  • 116 Carl Pavano
  • 117 Mike Lowell
  • 118 Brian Rose
  • 119 Ben Grieve
  • 120 Wes Helms
  • 121 Enrique Wilson
  • 122 Donnie Sadler
  • 123 Frank Catalanotto
  • 124 Richie Sexson
  • 125 Russell Branyan
  • 126 Kevin Millwood
  • 127 Ron Wright
  • 128 Derrick Gibson
  • 129 Magglio Ordonez
  • 130 Michael Coleman
  • 131 Danny Clyburn
  • 132 Sean Casey
  • 133 Dave Dellucci
  • 134 Jeff Abbott
  • 135 Lou Collier
  • 136 Scott Rolen
  • 137 Nomar Garciaparra
  • 138 Juan Gonzalez
  • 139 Derek Jeter
  • 140 Roger Clemens
  • 141 Chipper Jones
  • 142 Hideo Nomo
  • 143 Mark McGwire
  • 144 Alex Rodriguez
  • 145 Jeff Bagwell
  • 146 Greg Maddux
  • 147 Frank Thomas
  • 148 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 149 Mike Piazza
  • 150 Cal Ripken, Jr.

Parallels

Certified Red, Mirror Red/Blue/Gold

All 150 base cards have the following parallels that have been confirmed to exist (i.e., at least one copy has surfaced on the secondary market):

  • Certified Red
  • Mirror Red
  • Mirror Blue
  • Mirror Gold

Certified Red, Mirror Red, Mirror Blue, and Mirror Gold parallels are not serial-numbered. It is not known how many of each Certified Red, Mirror Red, Blue, or Gold sets were printed. However, for each of these parallels, cards 101-150 had half of the production as cards 1-100.

Totally Certified Parallels

According to the original sell sheet, only cards 1-10 of Totally Certified Platinum Red, Blue, and Gold were available in 1998 Pinnacle Certified (as inserts). This could be why the only Platinum Gold parallels that have emerged were cards 1-10 and why the select few of Platinum Blue and Red parallels that have surfaced were also only of the first ten players in the set.

Original sell sheet also stated, "Totally Certified will not ship until February" which suggests that 1998 Totally Certified was planned to be released as a separate set (as in 1997) or that cards 11-150 had Platinum Red, Blue, and Gold parallels to be released separately.

However, due to Pinnacle's bankruptcy in July/August 1998, it is possible that the Totally Certified Parallels of cards 11-150 were never produced or were produced but have yet to surface on the secondary market.

Totally Certified Platinum Red

The only Totally Certified Platinum Red parallel that has surfaced is of Vladimir Guerrero and is sheet cut/factory cut.

1 Vladimir Guerrero [1]

Totally Certified Platinum Blue

Totally Certified Platinum Blue parallels exist but only a few players have surfaced. A miscut sheet portion of Platinum Blues surfaced that featured Vladimir Guerrero, Andruw Jones, and Paul Molitor [2][3]. However, a sheet cut/factory cut Platinum Blue parallel of Vladmir Guerrero and Andruw Jones (but not Paul Molitor) has surfaced. The following players have a Platinum Blue parallel that has emerged on the secondary market:

1 Vladimir Guerrero

2 Andruw Jones

3 Paul Molitor

Totally Certified Platinum Gold

Totally Certified Platinum Gold parallels have surfaced, but only for the first ten cards in the set.

These are serially numbered to 30, although a Darin Erstad with "xxxx - 0300" printed on the back has also surfaced. While it is unknown if all 30 sets were produced, one collector [4] has documented the existence of 14 Darin Erstad Platinum Golds, with serial numbers ranging from 2/30 to 30/30. The following players are confirmed to have a Platinum Gold parallel:

1 Vladimir Guerrero

2 Andruw Jones

3 Paul Molitor

4 Jose Cruz

5 Edgar Martinez

6 Andy Pettitte

7 Darin Erstad

8 Barry Larkin

9 Derek Jeter

10 Rusty Greer


Mirror Black

Each card in the base set (1-150) was supposed to have a Mirror Black parallel that was to be numbered 1 of 1. However, no Mirror Blacks have surfaced and thus it is unknown if they were even printed, let alone distributed.


Inserts

Certified Destiny & Certified Gold Destiny

This 10-card set was printed on mirror mylar with foil stamping and featured the game's future superstars. Each Certified Destiny insert featured a Certified Gold Destiny parallel. Neither version was serially numbered.

In 2014, an uncut sheet containing 6 Certified Gold Destiny copies of each player in the set emerged on the secondary market [5]. However, official list of players in this set has not been confirmed other than Ben Grieve. It is unknown if sheet cut versions of the Certified Destiny or Certified Gold Destiny exist.

Certified Team & Certified Gold Team

This 20-card set was printed on micro-etched mirror mylar foil and featured the top superstars in the game. Each Certified Destiny insert featured a Certified Gold Destiny parallel. Neither version was serially numbered.

The same uncut sheet referenced above also contained 2 Certified Gold Team copies of each player in the set. The list of players confirmed to exist are:

Derek Jeter

Frank Thomas

Albert Belle

Cal Ripken, Jr.

Larry Walker

Greg Maddux

Ken Griffey, Jr.

Epix