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Xanadude
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| Wednesday, January 24, 2018 3:17 PM | |
I have a 6 card set from the 1996 Finest baseball release. In 1995, Finest had a bronze set that Beckett even lists in their big magazine, that is also listed here, but this 1996 version lists nowhere! COMC doesn't list it either. The players and card numbers are: 1) Barry Larkin -Reds 2) Greg Maddux - Braves 3) Hideo Nomo - Dodgers 4) Mo Vaughn - Red Sox 5) Randy Johnson - Mariners 6) Marty Cordova - Twins. The other part regarding scanning is that these cards come out so poorly, I'm guessing it's because of the copper color of the metal used for the card. I've had similar issues trying to scan some other cards to submit images here, probably because they are too reflective. Any suggestions on this?
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SunDevilCollection
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| Wednesday, January 24, 2018 3:36 PM | |
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vrooomed
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| Wednesday, January 24, 2018 4:01 PM | |
Looks like it has a back and has a number..
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SunDevilCollection
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rmpaq5
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| Wednesday, January 24, 2018 5:30 PM | |
This is a different card than the one already listed on the database. I actually uploaded the blank back we have, and i took me a while to track down where because the back was pure white
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reakins
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| Wednesday, January 24, 2018 6:11 PM | |
It looks like there's two versions of this set. A bronze (metal) numbered set and a regular card stock (blank back) set.
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Xanadude
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| Wednesday, January 24, 2018 6:50 PM | |
With the polished resin on the front of the card, I'm guessing the thickness to be about 3/16 inch! I forgot to mention that even Topps website doesn't list it! The backs also read "Chromium" & "Holochrome", both with the legal patent info.
Edited on: Jan 24, 2018 - 6:56PM
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Celticwolfco
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| Wednesday, January 24, 2018 7:55 PM | |
As far as the scanning part goes, unfortunately, Chrome and those types of sets just don't scan well. There isn't a whole lot that can be done about that. The only thing that can really be done to make the image look even halfway decent is use a decent photo editing software (I highly recommend PhotoScape! It not only makes it easy to adjust colors and brightness levels, but it gives you the ability to rotate and crop much better than most programs so most of your scans will end up looking like the card in hand!).
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Xanadude
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| Wednesday, January 24, 2018 8:12 PM | |
Thanks Celticwolfco. I do have a version of that software. I'll test that out tonight when I get home. I was also thinking - would a sheet of co!ored plastic help?
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pigskinbucs
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| Thursday, January 25, 2018 12:20 AM | |
I found a trick for foil and silver or gold text. I use a new graded card sleeve and put the card on top I found this trick while uploading Black Gold cards and it works well with Elite and Prizm cards also . You also can use card sleeves if you don't have the graded or team bags.
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