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Phantom Juan Gonzalez card?

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shanman

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Friday, May 17, 2024 11:44 AM

Happened to be looking through some cards, and on the back of the Juan Gonzalez card in 1992 Stadium club Topps shows his “rookie card”. I have his 1990 Topps RC, but this shows a 1989 Topps Debut card. I thought well maybe that was a box set or something. But I noticed that card isn’t even listed under cards for Juan Gonzalez. Did Topps put some unreleased card on the back of his 1992 Stadium Club card?

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-Shannon

jimetal7212

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Friday, May 17, 2024 11:48 AM
The "1989" Debut was actually a 1990 release. 1990 Topps Major League Debut 1989 #43 Juan Gonzalez \| Trading Card Database (tcdb.com) ------------------------------- When night comes creeping in, Dark restless shades arise. Prepare to crawl and run. The Black is here tonight.

shanman

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Friday, May 17, 2024 11:48 AM
Actually, I did find that card but it’s actually 1990. So it seems they put the wrong year of that card on the back of the Stadium Club card. Edit: Just saw your reply after typing this. Edited on: May 17, 2024 - 11:49AM ------------------------------- -Shannon

jacksoncoupage

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Friday, May 17, 2024 12:44 PM

Despite being released in 1990, Topps considers (considered) this set to be a 1989 release, as mentioned in media/hobby releases for it. Beckett and the hobby subsequently disagreed. It is almost universally considered a 1990 set today.

Topps listed these cards as 1989 in each year of Stadium Club that featured the RC images on back (1991-1993 sets).

sahal694 wrote:

Actually, I did find that card but it’s actually 1990. So it seems they put the wrong year of that card on the back of the Stadium Club card.

Edit: Just saw your reply after typing this.

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