2011 Finest

2012-01-20T22:11:00Z

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[[Image:2011finest.jpg|right|frame|2011 Finest hobby box]]

=Description=

2011 Finest is a 100-card set that was released on October 11, 2011. In a change for the brand, Topps has pushed back the release of Finest from just before Opening Day, to just before the end of the season. Another change is the elimination of the much-maligned manufactured letter patches and rookie redemptions.

The base set consists of 100 veteran cards with 19 autographed rookies. Each autographed rookie will be serial-numbered and seeded at the rate of one-per 12-pack box. Each box will also include an autographed rookie dual relic, two Finest Moments inserts, and six Refractor parallels.

=Distribution=

Six cards per pack; two, six-pack, mini boxes per box (MSRP: $50). Hobby only.

=Reviews=

=Insertion Ratios=

{| class="ratio"
!Cards
!Total Cards
!Numbered To
!Odds
|-
|[[#Base_Set|Base]]||100||-||5:1
|-
|Refractors||100||549||?
|-
|X-Fractors||100||299||?
|-
|Green Refractor||100||199||?
|-
|Orange Refractor||100||99||?
|-
|Gold Refractor||100||50||?
|-
|Red Refractor||100||25||?
|-
|Die-Cut Mosaic Refractor||100||10||?
|-
|Purple Refractor||100||five||?
|-
|Canary Diamond Refractor||100||one-of-one||?
|-
|SuperFractor||100||one-of-one||?
|-
|Printing Plates||100||four-for-each||?
|-
|Finest Foundations||15||-||?
|-
|Finest Foundations Orange Refractor||15||99||?
|-
|Finest Foundations Purple Refractor||15||five||?
|-
|Finest Freshmen||17||-||?
|-
|Finest Freshmen Orange Refractor||17||99||?
|-
|Finest Freshmen Purple Refractor||17||five||?
|-
|Finest Moments||18||-||?
|-
|Finest Moments Orange Refractor||18||99||?
|-
|Finest Moments Purple Refractor||18||five||?
|-
|Autographed Rookies Refractor||19||499||?
|-
|Autographed Rookies X-Fractor||19||299||?
|-
|Autographed Rookies Green Refractor||19||199||?
|-
|Autographed Rookies Orange Refractor||19||99||?
|-
|Autographed Rookies Gold Refractor||19||75||?
|-
|Autographed Rookies Red Refractor||19||25||?
|-
|Autographed Rookies Die-Cut Mosaic Refractor||19||10||?
|-
|Autographed Rookies Purple Refractor||19||5||?
|-
|Autographed Rookies SuperFractor||19||one-of-one||?
|-
|Autographed Rookies Printing Plate||19||four-for-each||?
|-
|Rookie Jumbo Patch Orange Refractor||25||10||?
|-
|Rookie Jumbo Patch Purple Refractor||25||5||?
|-
|Rookie Jumbo Patch SuperFractor||25||one-of-one||?
|-
|Autographed Rookies Dual Relic Refractor||25||499||?
|-
|Autographed Rookies Dual Relic Green Refractor||25||149||?
|-
|Autographed Rookies Dual Relic Gold Refractor||25||69||?
|-
|Autographed Rookies Dual Relic Red Refractor||25||25||?
|-
|Autographed Rookies Dual Relic Die-Cut Mosaic Refractor||25||10||?
|-
|Autographed Rookies Dual Relic Purple Refractor||25||5||?
|-
|Autographed Rookies Dual Relic SuperFractor||25||one-of-one||?
|-
|Autographed Rookies Dual Relic Printing Plate||25||four-for-each||?
|-
|Autographed Relic Finest Moments||?||varies||?
|-
|Autographed Relic Finest Moments Gold Refractor||?||20||?
|-
|Autographed Relic Finest Moments Purple Refractor||?||5||?
|-
|Autographed Relic Finest Moments SuperFractor||?||one-of-one||?
|-
|60th Anniversary Autographs||3||60||?
|}

=Checklist=

[http://baseballcardpedia.com/export.php?year=2011&sn=Finest Export Entire Checklist to CSV]

==Base Set==

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==Parallels==

All 100 base cards are available in the following Refractor parallels. On average, each six-pack mini box should yield three Refractors of various colors.

* Refractor (serial-numbered to 549 copies)

* X-Fractor (serial-numbered to 299 copies)

* Green Refractor (serial-numbered to 199 copies)

* Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 99 copies)

* Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)

* Red Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)

* Die-Cut Mosaic Refractor (serial-numbered to ten copies)

* Purple Refractor (serial-numbered to five copies)

* Canary Diamond Refractor (one-of-one)

* SuperFractor (one-of-one)

* Framed Printing Plates (four-for-each)

==Inserts==

NOTE: Each six-pack mini box should yield one card from the three insert sets below. All inserts are also available in the following Refractor parallels.

* Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 99 copies)

* Purple Refractor (serial-numbered to five copies)

===Finest Freshmen===

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===Finest Foundations===

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===Finest Moments===

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==Autographs & Game-Used==

===Autographed Rookie Refractors===

Unlike previous years, the rookies will be available both autographed and un-autographed. Every other six-pack mini box will contain an Autographed Rookie card with the other mini box yielding an Autographed Rookie Dual Relic (see below).

All cards in this set will be autographed on-card.

None of the Autographed Rookies are available in a non-Refractor, or "plain vanilla" version.

All 19 of the Autographed Rookies are available in the following Refractor parallels.

* Refractor (serial-numbered to 499 copies)

* X-Fractor (serial-numbered to 299 copies)

* Green Refractor (serial-numbered to 149 copies)

* Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 99 copies)

* Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 75 copies)

* Red Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)

* Die-Cut Mosaic Refractor (serial-numbered to ten copies)

* Purple Refractor (serial-numbered to five copies)

* SuperFractor (one-of-one)

* Framed Printing Plates (four-for-each)

'''NOTES:'''

* The sequential numbering for some cards does not match the card number in the base set.

* Card numbers 101-104 do not appear to exist.

* Card #105 is not available in the base set, only as an Autographed Rookie Refractor.

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===Autographed Rookie Dual Relics===

Mini-boxes NOT containing an Autographed Rookie, will instead yield an Autographed Rookie Dual Relic. Each card will have a [[Sticker Autograph | sticker autograph]] on a card with two different pieces of game-used memorabilia.

Again, like with the Autographed Rookies, each Autographed Rookie Dual Relic card is NOT available in a non-Refractor version.

All 25 cards are available in the following Refractor parallels.

* Refractor (serial-numbered to 499 copies)

* Green Refractor (serial-numbered to 149 copies)

* Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 69 copies)

* Red Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)

* Die-Cut Mosaic Refractor (serial-numbered to 10 copies)

* Purple Refractor (serial-numbered to 5 copies)

* SuperFractor (one-of-one)

* Framed Printing Plates (four-for-each)

NOTE: Card #98 in the base and Autographed Rookie set was originally scheduled to be Ivan DeJesus, Jr. but was pulled and replaced by Mike Moustakas. However, DeJesus remained in the Autographed Rookie Dual Relic set.

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===Rookie Jumbo Patches===

The 25 Rookie Jumbo Patches are only available in the following Refractors.

* Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 10 copies)

* Purple Refractor (serial-numbered to 5 copies)

* SuperFractor (one-of-one)

NOTE: Card #98 in the base and Autographed Rookie set was originally scheduled to be Ivan DeJesus, Jr. but was pulled and replaced by Mike Moustakas. However, DeJesus remained in the Rookie Jumbo Patches set.

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===Finest Moments Autographed Relics===

The Finest Moments Autographed Relic were seeded as a "case hit" (1:12 mini boxes). The set is essentially a parallel of the Finest Moments insert set featuring a [[Sticker Autograph | sticker autograph]] coupled with a relic swatch.

Each card is serial-numbered to varying copies (listed below) and available in the following Refractor parallels.

* Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 20 copies)

* Purple Refractor (serial-numbered to 5 copies)

* SuperFractor (one-of-one)

'''NOTES:'''

* Cards marked with an "*" were on the provisional checklist provided by Topps, but have not appeared in the marketplace (yet).

* The autograph on some (but not all) of the Robinson Cano cards is on a plain holographic-foil sticker of the type used by Donruss-Playoff in the early-to-mid 2000s and not previously known to have been used by Topps. Donruss-Playoff/Panini has never produced a certified autograph of Cano.

* Card #FMA22 was not on the provisional checklist provided by Topps and #FMA19-#FMA21 have yet to appear in the marketplace. Adrian Gonzalez does not appear in the un-autographed Finest Moments insert set.
* Card #FMA11 Jason Heyward is numbered /74 and #FMA15 David Ortiz is numbered /24

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===60th Anniversary Autographs===

''See [[2011 Topps 60th Anniversary Autographs]]''.

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