1995 Select Certified

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Description

1995 Select Certified Edition was a 135-card, "super-premium" set released exclusively to Hobby outlets in November, 1995. Due to the baseball strike of 1994-1995, Select slashed production of Certified by 34% of the regular Select set. Designed to compete with Topps' Finest brand, the cards were made with 24-point metallic stock and double laminated. This was the inaugural year of Pinnacle Brands' super-premium brand and the precursor to one of the most influential sets in baseball Hobby history - 1996 Select Certified.

Rookie Cards in this set included Bobby Higginson and Hideo Nomo. Card number 18 was never printed and Cal Ripken, Jr. is featured on a special card numbered 2131, which is included in the complete set of 135.

Based on announced production figures, 63,210 20-pack wax boxes were produced resulting in each base card having 56,186 copies.

Distribution

20 packs per box, six cards per pack plus one of seven checklist cards (MSRP: $3.99).

In a further effort to establish a look and feel of a super-premium brand, the packaging was complex relative to other baseball cards sets. The seven cards were wrapped in cellophane wrapper inside a piece of folded cardboard inside a mini cardboard box which itself was wrapped in plastic. Each pack also had the anti-drug message "Be Strong. Don't Use Drugs." written on the side.

Reviews

Collation data from one box. Base Set Completion: 82% (111 of 135); Duplicates: 9; Gold Team Insert Completion: 8% (1 of 12); Mirror Gold parallel 02% (3 of 135); Certified Future Insert Completion 10% (1 of 10); Potential Unlimited 5% (1 of 20)

Insertion Ratios

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Odds
Base 135 56,186 + ?
Checklists 7 - 1:1
Mirror Gold 135 1873 + 1:5
Certified Future 10 6654 + 1:19
Potential Unlimited 20 1975 1:32
Gold Team 12 2570 + 1:41

+ Calculated production figures.

Checklist

Promos

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This eight-card set was issued to preview the entire '95 Select Certified set. Each card has the word "SAMPLE" printed diagonally on both sides. The Cal Ripken, Jr. Promo was a sample of the Gold Team insert.

  • 2 Reggie Sanders
  • 3GT Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 10 Mo Vaughn
  • 39 Mike Piazza
  • 50 Mark McGwire
  • 75 Roberto Alomar
  • 89 Larry Walker
  • 110 Ray Durham

Base Set

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  • 1 Barry Bonds
  • 2 Reggie Sanders
  • 3 Terry Steinbach
  • 4 Eduardo Perez
  • 5 Frank Thomas
  • 6 Wil Cordero
  • 7 John Olerud
  • 8 Deion Sanders
  • 9 Mike Mussina
  • 10 Mo Vaughn
  • 11 Will Clark
  • 12 Chili Davis
  • 13 Jimmy Key
  • 14 Eddie Murray
  • 15 Bernard Gilkey
  • 16 David Cone
  • 17 Tim Salmon
  • 19 Steve Ontiveros
  • 20 Andres Galarraga
  • 21 Don Mattingly
  • 22 Kevin Appier
  • 23 Paul Molitor
  • 24 Edgar Martinez
  • 25 Andy Benes
  • 26 Rafael Palmeiro
  • 27 Barry Larkin
  • 28 Gary Sheffield
  • 29 Wally Joyner
  • 30 Wade Boggs
  • 31 Rico Brogna
  • 32 Eddie Murray 3000th Hit
  • 33 Kirby Puckett
  • 34 Bobby Bonilla
  • 35 Hal Morris
  • 36 Moises Alou
  • 37 Javy Lopez
  • 38 Chuck Knoblauch
  • 39 Mike Piazza
  • 40 Travis Fryman
  • 41 Rickey Henderson
  • 42 Jim Thome
  • 43 Carlos Baerga
  • 44 Dean Palmer
  • 45 Kirk Gibson
  • 46 Bret Saberhagen
  • 47 Cecil Fielder
  • 48 Manny Ramirez
  • 49 Derek Bell
  • 50 Mark McGwire
  • 51 Jim Edmonds
  • 52 Robin Ventura
  • 53 Ryan Klesko
  • 54 Jeff Bagwell
  • 55 Ozzie Smith
  • 56 Albert Belle
  • 57 Darren Daulton
  • 58 Jeff Conine
  • 59 Greg Maddux
  • 60 Lenny Dykstra
  • 61 Randy Johnson
  • 62 Fred McGriff
  • 63 Ray Lankford
  • 64 Dave Justice
  • 65 Paul O'Neill
  • 66 Tony Gwynn
  • 67 Matt Williams
  • 68 Dante Bichette
  • 69 Craig Biggio
  • 70 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 71 J.T. Snow
  • 72 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 73 Jay Bell
  • 74 Joe Carter
  • 75 Roberto Alomar
  • 76 Benji Gil
  • 77 Ivan Rodriguez
  • 78 Raul Mondesi
  • 79 Cliff Floyd
  • 80 Eric Karros / Mike Piazza / Raul Mondesi
  • 81 Royce Clayton
  • 82 Billy Ashley
  • 83 Joey Hamilton
  • 84 Sammy Sosa
  • 85 Jason Bere
  • 86 Dennis Martinez
  • 87 Greg Vaughn
  • 88 Roger Clemens
  • 89 Larry Walker
  • 90 Mark Grace
  • 91 Kenny Lofton
  • 92 Carlos Perez RC
  • 93 Roger Cedeno
  • 94 Scott Ruffcorn
  • 95 Jim Pittsley
  • 96 Andy Pettitte
  • 97 James Baldwin
  • 98 Hideo Nomo RC
  • 99 Ismael Valdes
  • 100 Armando Benitez
  • 101 Jose Malave
  • 102 Bobby Higginson RC
  • 103 LaTroy Hawkins
  • 104 Russ Davis
  • 105 Shawn Green
  • 106 Joe Vitiello
  • 107 Chipper Jones
  • 108 Shane Andrews
  • 109 Jose Oliva
  • 110 Ray Durham
  • 111 Jon Nunnally
  • 112 Alex Gonzalez
  • 113 Vaughn Eshelman
  • 114 Marty Cordova
  • 115 Mark Grudzielanek RC
  • 116 Brian L. Hunter
  • 117 Charles Johnson
  • 118 Alex Rodriguez
  • 119 David Bell
  • 120 Todd Hollandsworth
  • 121 Joe Randa
  • 122 Derek Jeter
  • 123 Frank Rodriguez
  • 124 Curtis Goodwin
  • 125 Bill Pulsipher
  • 126 John Mabry
  • 127 Julian Tavarez
  • 128 Edgardo Alfonzo
  • 129 Orlando Miller
  • 130 Juan Acevedo RC
  • 131 Jeff Cirillo
  • 132 Roberto Petagine
  • 133 Antonio Osuna
  • 134 Michael Tucker
  • 135 Garret Anderson
  • 2131 Cal Ripken, Jr. TRIB

Parallels

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Each card is available in a Mirror Gold parallel. Each card has a gold-colored holographic foil layer which, combined with the metallic cardstock of the fronts, gives it the appearance of a Finest Refractor.

Inserts

Checklists

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Each pack contained one of seven checklists which were printed on a noticeably thinner cardstock.

  • 1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 2 Frank Thomas
  • 3 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 4 Jeff Bagwell
  • 5 Mike Piazza
  • 6 Barry Bonds
  • 7 Manny Ramirez / Raul Mondesi

Certified Future

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This 10-card set featured some of the top rookie players from 1995 on a gold and silver gradient-foil finish.

  • 1 Chipper Jones
  • 2 Curtis Goodwin
  • 3 Hideo Nomo
  • 4 Shawn Green
  • 5 Ray Durham
  • 6 Todd Hollandsworth
  • 7 Brian L. Hunter
  • 8 Carlos Delgado
  • 9 Michael Tucker
  • 10 Alex Rodriguez

Potential Unlimited

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This 20-card set featured some of the brightest and talented players in the game at the time on a baseball diamond-shaped setting on a Dufex finish. Each player was limited (but not serial-numbered) to 1975 copies as each card had the statement, "1 of 1,975" on the back.

A special parallel version was also produced as box toppers. These "Case Chase" cards had a different Dufex pattern and were seeded at the rate of 1:3.5/boxes. Each Case Chase box topper card was limited (but not serial-numbered) to 903 copies.

  • 1 Cliff Floyd
  • 2 Manny Ramirez
  • 3 Raul Mondesi
  • 4 Scott Ruffcorn
  • 5 Billy Ashley
  • 6 Alex Gonzalez
  • 7 Midre Cummings
  • 8 Charles Johnson
  • 9 Garret Anderson
  • 10 Hideo Nomo
  • 11 Chipper Jones
  • 12 Curtis Goodwin
  • 13 Frank Rodriguez
  • 14 Shawn Green
  • 15 Ray Durham
  • 16 Todd Hollandsworth
  • 17 Brian L. Hunter
  • 18 Carlos Delgado
  • 19 Michael Tucker
  • 20 Alex Rodriguez

Gold Team

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This 12-card set featured some of the leading players in baseball on a double-sided, all-gold, Dufex-foil finish.

  • 1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 2 Frank Thomas
  • 3 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 4 Jeff Bagwell
  • 5 Mike Piazza
  • 6 Barry Bonds
  • 7 Matt Williams
  • 8 Don Mattingly
  • 9 Will Clark
  • 10 Tony Gwynn
  • 11 Kirby Puckett
  • 12 Jose Canseco