off the wall question about an insert card

alnavman

I was going thru some of the 2009 topps american heritage cards I had sitting around gathering dust and noticed that I had a Cesar Chavez chrome numbered to 76. The kicker was it is 01/76. I've noticed on ebay that some folks are calling these chrome refractors and since I am not that familiar with this issue I had two questions.

Question 1: Is this really a chrome refractor??

Question 2: Is there any premium attached to this card since it is number 1 of 76???

any help appreciated.

thanks

al.

alnavman

almost forgot, here is scan of the card

mygotta

I dont know what makes it a Chrome Refractor or just a Chrome or just a Refractor. But it is my understanding from the people on this board that there is generally a premium for being 1/? in a series.

digicat

Refractors have a sort of rainbow reflective shininess to them. Plain chrome cards do not.

Just from the picture I can tell that this is a refractor. According to Beckett's online card database, the refractors were numbered to 76, while the regular chrome cards were numbered to 1776.

alnavman

thanks for the info....I have some of the others numbered to 1776 and there is a difference between them now that I hold them next to each other.

al.

fur72

Al,

You are correct regular chromes are numbered to 1776, chrome refractors are numbered to 76. Nice find!

CHROME REFRACTOR PARALLEL CARDS (1:53 Hobby packs, 1:100 Retail packs; # to 76)

mcadams

The problem is that the card is of Cesar Chavez. Anyone who collects Cesar Chavez is probably the same guy who would tell you the card never arrived in the mail, after they received it, and would demand a refund.