2001 Topps Football Forum

I was going through my cards and have found numerous cards where it looks like they have silver and gold lettering variations. Is this the way they were printed? I have searched and cannot find any indication that there was a gold Parrell.

Mike

In my experience (and I believe that of others around here), gold foil on cards sometimes fades to more of a silver color. I've seen that on some of my foil stamped cards like 1990s Pinnacle Artist Proofs especially. All that's to say that there's no variation I'm aware of.

The first image is the gold lettering, the second is the silver lettering. Look at the 2001 Topps on the top of the image, the Topps logo, and the lettering of the name.  I can come up with a list of the card numbers that I can see a noticeable difference in the lettering. These cards are in binders in 9 pocket sheet protectors.

Mike

Still same thought as mentioned above. A lot of gold foil cards from the 90s and early 00s have turned silver over time. I have many examples in my collection as well. 

Yeah there is a difference but I wouldn’t quite call that ‘silver’, I would just call that ‘less gold’

Thanks guys for the replies