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1992 Topps Gold

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smwarpig63

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Wednesday, March 11, 2015 8:39 PM
What the heck is the difference between the 1992 Topps Gold and 1992 Topps Gold Winners? The only difference on the cards is the word Winner printed in gold. What is their significance?

vrooomed

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Wednesday, March 11, 2015 9:31 PM

The "non-winner" gold cards were in packs, whereas according to baseballcardpedia:

"Each pack of 1992 Topps baseball card featured a "Match-the-Stats" game cards. For $2.00 and every 100 "Runs" saved in this game, the consumer could receive through a mail-in offer ten Topps Gold cards. Unfortunately, the game was compromised, and in response Topps printed the word "Winner" in gold foil on the card front.

The Gold winner promotion was very popular and the cards are in noticeably larger supply than the basic Gold parallels."

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DaClyde

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Wednesday, March 11, 2015 9:32 PM
The Gold cards came in packs. The Gold Winners were prizes for the poorly planned scratch off game that came in packs. In early printings of the game cards you could see through the scratch off areas and see the winning answers, so they had to crank out a LOT of Winners before they fixed the game cards.

Finestkind

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Thursday, March 12, 2015 6:38 PM
If I recall correctly. If you held the scatch off cards up to a bright light bulb. You could find a winning ticket for a prize. ------------------------------- Dave

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