It's difficult keeping track of what went on at Pinnacle in the mid-90s, before the company collapsed in epic fashion. There were two main brands of cards - Pinnacle and Score - and both had several sub-brands. The company expanded further with the Select range almost becoming a third stand alone brand, even to the point where it was introducing its own sub-ranges.
So it all gets confusing. They had some nice cards though.
Card Number 972: Pinnacle Select Certified Edition, 1996; #21
There were 144 cards in this high end shiny set.
The back is a dark red. One thing that Pinnacle did across several of their ranges is experiment with data representation. On this card, they have divided up Tony's stats from the previous season against all the opponents that he faced. This was all National League teams as it was before the current era of inter-league play every season.
Total: 972 cards
I was always more of a fan to the base Select cards then the Certified Edition. Some cards can be too shiny.
ReplyDeleteI wasn't the biggest fan of Pinnacle Certified, but I must admit... the mirrors were gorgeous. I don't own any of the Gwynns, but I have a few others. This product was also one of those products where if you saw something extra shiny in your pack, you knew you just pulled a cool card.
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