1994 Finest Baseball Forum

I have a Daid Cone NNO. On the back in red it says 'preproduction'. Cant find it here. Any ideas ??

Does it look like this one? The card number is very hard to see, it's #52. The number is righ underneath the player's name banner.

https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/10362/cid/489518/1994-Topps---Finest-Preproduction-52-David-Cone?PageIndex=1

I have this card as well.  A "preproduction sample" [in red letttering] variation of 1994 Finest 52 David Cone.  The current set variations lists a set of cards that are protector samples.  This is not a protector sample card.  I just submitted an IR to add a sample / promo "set" which at this time, consists of 2 cards, as there is another thread that was submitted reporting an Ivan Rodriguez 126 with the same marking.

actually, it appears that there a lot of preproduction / sample "variations" of this set

an ebay search shows 250+ listings

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1311&_nkw=1994+topps+finest+preproduction&_sacat=261328&LH_TitleDesc=0&Sport=Baseball&_odkw=2012+topps+1%2F1+-museum+-heritage+-triple+-archives+-tribute+-pro+-bowman+-gypsy&_osacat=261328&_dcat=261328&_sop=15&LH_All=1

You're talking about two different sets of cards, not variations.

1994 Topps Finest Preproductions were inserted in 1994 Topps.

1994 Topps Finest Protector Samples were inserted in 1994 Topps Finest.