1998 Topps Baseball Forum

I'm curious where the numbering system for the Roberto Clemente commemorative reprints set came from.  Is there a checklist with these numbers?

If you have an individual card and try to look up one of these cards using the number on the back in the number search, the cards do not come up.  The only reason I was able to find the couple of cards I have is because I knew the approximate years of the cards. and searched the sets.

Should the set be numbered using the numbers on the back of the cards?

Thanks

If you read in the fine print at the bottom of the back of the card, you will see that they are "#'d of 19"

I see that now. that you pointed that out.  Is there a way to make either number come up on a number search?

The first thing I did when I got two of these cards was to search for the original number which was clearly shown on the card. Nothing came up, and I figured they were not missing from the database, so I dug into it more, but I did not see that tiny writing on the bottom of the card.

Those early Topps reprints are the worst with those tiny numbers hidden in the copyright info.  Topps wanted to keep the look and feel of the original card, but also wanted to organize them as a complete insert set. I don’t think the database is capable of assigning two numbers to the same card.

That is a correct statement, the database is not currently capable of supporting two different numbers for a single card. 

The original year and number are in Note2, but that field isn't searchable