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whyconform · 01-06-2022, 04:57 PM

Rats60, you're mixing up 93 finest with 96 finest gold. There was a stated run of 150 Finest Gold refractors, until a Maddux collector got more, sued, and they settled.

The OP is waaayyy off here, and it's ok. You def tried, assuming things.... 95 Finest refractors were 1:12 and had a print run of 550. It seems believable based on how often they pop up compared to other inserts. That's finest, the lowest print run priduct. In 96, I'd imagine there would be more TC than Finest, and I'd guess ~300 or so Finest Gold Refractors.

That said, I would bet 1000 easy. Compared to 93 finest, which was a major HIT/chase card when it came out, the TC Refractor wasn't that special until the crossover people decided it was. Many, many I guarantee reside in toploaders and binders.

01-06-2022, 04:57 PM	#9
whyconform Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 573	Rats60, you're mixing up 93 finest with 96 finest gold. There was a stated run of 150 Finest Gold refractors, until a Maddux collector got more, sued, and they settled. The OP is waaayyy off here, and it's ok. You def tried, assuming things.... 95 Finest refractors were 1:12 and had a print run of 550. It seems believable based on how often they pop up compared to other inserts. That's finest, the lowest print run priduct. In 96, I'd imagine there would be more TC than Finest, and I'd guess ~300 or so Finest Gold Refractors. That said, I would bet 1000 easy. Compared to 93 finest, which was a major HIT/chase card when it came out, the TC Refractor wasn't that special until the crossover people decided it was. Many, many I guarantee reside in toploaders and binders. __________________ At 280 Baseball / 333 Basketball HOF http://billshofautographs.weebly.com/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkuiYeUfqm3R86TWouSfFbA IG: billhofcollector