1997 Donruss Preferred Tin Boxes Gold

Following the successful release of the 1997 Donruss Preferred brand, Donruss/Leaf decided to re-issue an additional supply of the product a few months later, entitling Donruss Preferred Baseball Hobby Gold Edition. All of this new product was allocated to direct hobby accounts. The cards in the packs were identical to the first print run, but the large tin boxes were printed in gold with the box lids sequentially numbered to 299 (rather than the blue… [Read More]

Following the successful release of the 1997 Donruss Preferred brand, Donruss/Leaf decided to re-issue an additional supply of the product a few months later, entitling Donruss Preferred Baseball Hobby Gold Edition. All of this new product was allocated to direct hobby accounts. The cards in the packs were identical to the first print run, but the large tin boxes were printed in gold with the box lids sequentially numbered to 299 (rather than the blue boxes numbered to 1200 in the first print run). This was the only way for collectors to obtain the new gold tin boxes. [Collapse]