Card Identification Forum

Ok,

So it says Hobby Reserve on the front. But there is no watermark on the back, and the card number does not

have the HR prefix.

https://www.tradingcarddb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/10946/cid/1892337/1997-Score---Series-2-Hobby-Reserve-527-Mariano-Rivera

None of these have an HR prefix on back or any watermark.

ETA: https://www.comc.com/Cards/Baseball/1997/Score_-_Base_-_Premium_Stock/527/Mariano_Rivera/2161619

And I can't begin to express how much I hate that they changed from Premium Stock in Series 1 to Hobby Reserve in Series 2.  I almost think they should be checklisted as separate parallel sets, only applicable to a single series since they changed the naming.

Yup, one of the most confusing Score foul ups they left collectors with before they went extinct. There are 2 sets from 331-551, one with the "HR" prefix, the other without. This first link is your card from the Series 2 Hobby Reserve set, https://www.tradingcarddb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/10946/cid/1892337/1997-Score---Series-2-Hobby-Reserve-527-Mariano-Rivera?PageIndex=4.

This second link is the set with the HR prefix, https://www.tradingcarddb.com/Checklist.cfm/sid/10949?PageIndex=5, with the "Reserve Collection" watermark.

How stupid to have a gold stamp on the front of the card that does not have the HR prefix.