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Would it be good or bad if...

GeoffEighingerGeoffEighinger Posts: 431 ✭✭
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...all cards from this point forward were serial numbered?

Would that be better for collectors, a stupid idea or irrelevant?

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  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    It would be nothing more than created scarcity.

    I guess it depends on serial numbered to what?

    Steve
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  • GeoffEighingerGeoffEighinger Posts: 431 ✭✭
    However many of each card are produced these days I guess.

  • hhmag70hhmag70 Posts: 2,107


    << <i>However many of each card are produced these days I guess. >>



    Are the cards big enough for all the numbers?
  • rlange5rlange5 Posts: 228
    Wasn't there a football set back in the early 90's that did that? I think it was Edge, or something like that.

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  • toc1000toc1000 Posts: 95
    It would tend to make counterfeit more difficult. However, manufacturers may not want to disclose their print runs.
  • Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,487 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>However many of each card are produced these days I guess. >>



    Are the cards big enough for all the numbers? >>

    Now that's funny.
    Mike
  • stevekstevek Posts: 30,280 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>...all cards from this point forward were serial numbered?

    Would that be better for collectors, a stupid idea or irrelevant? >>



    Would add a lot to the cost. Couldn't be numbered to my knowledge on the sheet - would have to be numbered after the cards are cut, therefore the cards would need to be all the same on one sheet, which also adds to the cost, then cut down, and then run thru a numbering machine. Then the individually numbered cards would have to be collated with other cards for the individual packs. I think the cost would at least double or triple.
  • TNP777TNP777 Posts: 5,710 ✭✭✭


    << <i>However many of each card are produced these days I guess. >>

    Are the cards big enough for all the numbers? >>

    Now that's funny. >>

    seriously. I think it'd be pretty cool to have a card numbered 8742998/1483221981

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  • nam812nam812 Posts: 10,601 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>seriously. I think it'd be pretty cool to have a card numbered 8742998/1483221981 >>



    That is SO Geordie's phone number. I'm calling it.
  • TNP777TNP777 Posts: 5,710 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>seriously. I think it'd be pretty cool to have a card numbered 8742998/1483221981 >>



    That is SO Geordie's phone number. I'm calling it. >>

    I hope you speak Cambodian

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  • thunderdanthunderdan Posts: 3,036 ✭✭✭
    just make sure to use his 900 area code
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  • vladguerrerovladguerrero Posts: 4,077 ✭✭✭
    A Vladimir Guerrero card #'d 1212427/2000000 would be like a 1/1 because the last two digits are his jersey number, I can just imagine the ebay auction descriptions now...image
  • DeutscherGeistDeutscherGeist Posts: 2,990 ✭✭✭✭
    Its a nice idea, but also costly.

    It would slow down counterfeiting.


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  • GeoffEighingerGeoffEighinger Posts: 431 ✭✭
    Let's foster this movement.

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