2002 Diamond Kings

2016-09-25T01:33:40Z

N1ghtfox: Updated some insertion rate data

=Description=

2002 Diamond Kings is a 160-card set released in two series. The first 150 cards were issued as part of the Diamond Kings set while the final ten cards were randomly inserted into packs of [[2002 Donruss The Rookies]].

Designed to compete with Topps' Gallery brand, all 160 base cards and inserts are painted.

=Distribution=

24 packs per box, four cards per pack (MSRP: $3.99). 20 boxes per case.

=Reviews=

=Insertion Ratios=

{| class="ratio"
!Cards
!Total Cards
!Numbered To
!Odds
|-
|[[#Base_Set|Base]]||150||-||4:1
|-
|Timeline||10||-||1:60
|-
|DK Originals||?||1000||1:?
|-
|Donruss T204||?||1000||1:?
|-
|Heritage Collections||?||-||1:23
|-
|Diamond Cut Jersey||?||varies||1:?
|-
|Diamond Cut Auto||?||varies||1:?
|-
|Diamond Cut Club Bat||?||varies||1:?
|-
|Recollection Collection (Buy Back Autos)||?||?||1:?
|}

=Checklist=

==Promos==

===Beckett Promos===

To promote the 2002 Diamond Kings set, one card from the first 150-cards in the base set was randomly inserted into the May and July, 2002 issues of ''Beckett Baseball.'' Each card has the word "SAMPLE" foil-stamped in silver on the back with ten percent of all cards stamped in gold foil.

===Hawaii Trade Conference Promos===

Attendees of the 2002 Hawaii Trade Conference in February, 2002 received a pack of six Diamond King promo cards. The cards completely parallel the 150-card set, but can be readily distinguished by the "2002 Hawaii Trade Conference" gold foil logo stamped on the front. Randomly seeded into these packs are a parallel which is serial-numbered to 20 copies.

Those who attended a special end-of-conference dinner party thrown by Donruss-Playoff received a special Blue Bordered Diamond King. The Blue DKs are are serial-numbered to either five or one copy, and came encased inside a BGS slab.

===Chicago National Giveaways===

The entire 160-card set (including the 10 yet-to-be-released cards from The Rookies series) were given away at Donruss-Playoff's booth at the 2002 National Sports Collectors Convention. Each card is specially embossed and serial-numbered to five copies.

Also given away were special Chicago National version of the entire 160-card Framed White parallel, and the DK Originals insert. Like the base cards, these too were serial-numbered to only five copies.

==Base Set==

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ORDER BY num +0 ASC;
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===Rookie Subset===

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SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 2002) AND (setname = 'Diamond Kings') AND (num BETWEEN 96 AND 121);
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===Retired Subset===

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SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 2002) AND (setname = 'Diamond Kings') AND (num BETWEEN 122 AND 150);
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===Donruss The Rookies Series===

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SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 2002) AND (setname = 'Diamond Kings') AND (num > 150);
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==Parallels==

Each card is available in the following framed parallels.

* Framed White

* Framed Grey (Cards #1-150, serial-numbered to 400 copies; Cards #151-160, serial-numbered to 250)

* Framed Black (serial-numbered to 100 copies)

==Inserts==

===DK Originals===

Each DK Original insert is serial-numbered to 1000 copies.

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===Heritage Collection===

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SELECT num,player FROM cards WHERE (year = 2002) AND (setname = 'Diamond Kings Heritage Collection');
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===T204===

This set is patterned after [[1909 Ramly]] (a.k.a. T-204) and is serial-numbered to 1000 copies. The set shares the same 2" X 2 1/2" dimensions as the originals.

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SELECT num,player FROM cards WHERE (year = 2002) AND (setname = 'Diamond Kings T204');
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===Timeline===

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==Autographs & Game-Used==

===Diamond Cuts===

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SELECT num,player,info,serial FROM cards WHERE (year = 2002) AND (setname = 'Diamond Kings Diamond Cut Collection');
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===Recollection Collection===

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SELECT num,player,info,serial FROM cards WHERE (year = 2002) AND (setname = 'Diamond Kings Recollection Autographs');
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[[Category:2002]]

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