The Transition to Modern Cards: A Project Completed!

[OhioLawyerF5]

Originally Posted by Balticfox

Okay. So what does "Dual Sided" mean for the 1998 Topps Finest baseball? I thought all Topps cards were dual sided.

Usually, chrome cards have only a chrome stock on the front, while the back of the card is paper. Similarly, refractors usually only have the refractor layer on the front of the card, and the back doesn't have the shiny refractor finish.

In 1998, they decided to do a parallel that gave the cards the treatment on both sides. So the dual sided base card has chrome card stock on both the front and the back. Neither side is paper. And the dual sided refractor has the rainbow shine on the back as well.

It is really hard to capture the chrome back on a photograph, but the refractor on the back is obvious. So here are photos of both the front and the back of the dual sided cards.

Hope that helps. If you still have questions, let me know. I can take better photos when I get home. These are just what I have on my phone (as I catalog my collection photographically in albums on my phone).

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by OhioLawyerF5

So here are photos of both the front and the back of the dual sided cards.

I really like the design of many of those Topps Finest Baseball sets/subsets including the 1998 ones above. Have you completed many of the sets/subsets yet (at least the basic non-refractor ones)?

[OhioLawyerF5]

Originally Posted by Balticfox

I really like the design of many of those Topps Finest Baseball sets/subsets including the 1998 ones above. Have you completed many of the sets/subsets yet (at least the basic non-refractor ones)?

I'm a Larkin collector, so I don't really have any other players/sets/subsets. These are all the sets/subsets Larkin was in of Finest from 93-99. If he had other subsets or inserts, I would definitely want to get them.

If I misunderstood the question, I apologize.