2001 Bowman Chrome Gold Refractors

Randomly inserted in packs at the rate of one in 47, this 330-card set is a parallel version of the base set with a distinctive gold refractive quality. Only 99 serially numbered sets were produced. Exchange cards with a redemption deadline of June 30th, 2003 for two separate Ichiro Suzuki issues were seeded into packs. One of the features English text on the card back with 50 copies produced and the other features Japanese text on the card back with … [Read More]

Randomly inserted in packs at the rate of one in 47, this 330-card set is a parallel version of the base set with a distinctive gold refractive quality. Only 99 serially numbered sets were produced. Exchange cards with a redemption deadline of June 30th, 2003 for two separate Ichiro Suzuki issues were seeded into packs. One of the features English text on the card back with 50 copies produced and the other features Japanese text on the card back with 49 copies produced. Both cards were serial-numbered together resulting in an intermingled print run of 99 copies with English cards featuring odd serial-numbering (i.e. 1/99, 3/99, 5/99 etc.) and Japanese cards featuring even serial-numbering (i.e. 2/99, 4/99, 6/99 etc.). [Collapse]