OK, I admit this one has me stumped. I have 3 separate versions of this card, none of which match the picture for the base set (https://www.tradingcarddb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/4782/cid/1071028/2007-Ultra-204-Joe-Thomas?PageIndex=1), meaning there's at least 4 different variations.
1. The card shown in the DB as the base set with Thomas in a white jersey with a silver background and what looks like silver foil for the logo and trim..
2. The card on the left above with Thomas in a red jersey and silver background and foil.
3. The card on the right: red jersey, gold background, foil is refractor/holofoil (whatever fleer calls it).
4. (Not shown) Red jersey, gold background, gold foil.
OK, #4 I'm assuming is the gold parallel, and, according to the release notes for the retail version, it can be distinguished from the base set by the flat (I read that as non-refractive) silver foil. There's also the "Target Exclusive Rookies", with no description on how to distinguish them. My assumption would be that the gold parallel would use the same picture as the base set, but that would mean that either the picture in the DB is wrong or there is also a retail gold parallel.
Can anyone say for sure which card is the base, which the retail, and which the Target Exclusive?
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