The chart Optimus_Prime put up is pretty bang on.
Gold/Rainbow (both terms are widely used for this one) are glossy, have a rainbow/oil-type finish under the light and have white bordered lettering as mentioned above. They also often have some "bend-back" and feel a little thicker, though I'm not sure they are.
Metal are glossy and the O-Pee-Chee logo is a metallic silver instead of white. Metal X are pretty much the same, but with the 'x' or 'tire track' or 'mountaintop' or 'diamond' pattern.
Base are papery and normal like all good O-Pee-Chee base. And retros are pretty simple, including the blank backs and rainbows.
(02-04-2012, 03:50 PM)mswatson Wrote: A dead giveaway on the Golds, the O-Pee-Chee logo is bordered in white, not the metallic silver that borders the logo on the metal and metal-x cards. In Optimus Prime's scans, the one labeled Rainbow is one of the golds and the white border on the logo is easy to see.I've been trying to do all the Canucks OPC cards and 08-09 OPC is the absolute most ridiculous example of parallels I can think of.
I've been working on this set for a long time now, have completed the base set, retros and metals, have 684 of 800 golds and 454 of 800 metal-x cards... have a bunch of dups available for trade, check my organizer if interested....
Gold/Rainbow (both terms are widely used for this one) are glossy, have a rainbow/oil-type finish under the light and have white bordered lettering as mentioned above. They also often have some "bend-back" and feel a little thicker, though I'm not sure they are.
Metal are glossy and the O-Pee-Chee logo is a metallic silver instead of white. Metal X are pretty much the same, but with the 'x' or 'tire track' or 'mountaintop' or 'diamond' pattern.
Base are papery and normal like all good O-Pee-Chee base. And retros are pretty simple, including the blank backs and rainbows.
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