Card Identification Forum

Hi Guys/Gals,

Trying to work out what set this James Harden printing plate came in. My guess was 2015-16 national treasures basketball but there is no printing plate checklist I can find. Hoping someone may be able to steer me in the right direction!

cheers :)

Back says it is from "2013-14 Panini National Treasures Basketball" NBA Game GEar Duals. 

85 cards in that insert set. Printing plates don't always get on checklists, but each card is made from 4 printing plates as you probably know using the Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black printing process. In theory each card in a set that releases the printing plates will have a very special short print insert set of 4 "cards" (plates) in addition to the regular base card in the checklist.

http://www.cardboardconnection.com/2013-14-panini-national-treasures-basketball-cards about 1/3 of the way down.shows the Hakeem Olajuwon card #11

Thanks for the reply captkirk! I dont believe it is from that set as at the bottom it has Panini 2016. Why would they put 2016 on a product released in 2013-14?

Panini has a tendency of saving the plates from year to year and putting them into the National Treasures set they are producing at that time. I've got a couple that are labeled on the back as to which set they were printing, but with a copyright date that doesn't match up. Very difficult to properly catalog, especially considering how expensive National Treasures is. Welcome to the Database!

Hi Billy, Thanks for the reply! I already love this website!

So this should go in 13-14 or 15-16? No idea where to place it!

There's been some confusion about that over the years, but the standard rule of thumb is to put them in the set they were issued in...of course we'd have to figure THAT out first, LOL. I'm glad to hear you are enjoying it here, my favorite website on the internet, even more than my own, LOL!