2017 Topps Heritage Baseball Forum

Hi all,

I just got a card that looks exactly like THIS except for the fact that it is not serial numbered. Does anyone here know where it could have come from?

Dave

Sounds like a printing error to me.

The Purple Refractors aren't SN'd, so it's more than likely it.

Topps and Panini both are getting so confusing with the massive # of parallels that the color and SN are usually the only way to tell some of them apart. Unfortunately, many of those parallel designs don't show up well in scans. I'm starting to think that is intentional, but it sure would help ID cards if a scan actually looked like the card in-hand. Especially when it comes to no-SN or accidental missing SN's. Even actual pictures of parallel cards from the past 7 years might not confirm an ID on some cards.

Aha! The purple refractor must be it.  I was thrown because I filtered on the cards numbered THC431, and in the database the purple refractor is numbered THC-431.  Out of curiosity, which numbering is proper? The hyphen is clearly visible on the card, but I seem to recall reading that hyphens are not allowed in card numbers for the database.

Not sure where you read that about the hyphens - we use the hyphens here.

We like to see in the card numbers exactly what is on the card, to help avoid what you just went through.

Edit: adding the link to the FAQ page about card numbering:

http://www.tradingcarddb.com/FAQ.cfm?ITEM=CardNumbers

Everyone submitting checklists or editing the numbering of existing checklists should read the link vrooomed provided below. The filters cannot work without identical numbering as per the card.

I believe it is a hot box refractor.