1993 Pinnacle Joe DiMaggio

Description

1993 Pinnacle Joe DiMaggio is a 30-card boxed set commemorating the life and career of Joe DiMaggio. Production was limited to 209,000 sets, with each set packaged in a black and gold collector's tin. While the outside of the tin states that 200,000 sets were produced, the certificate of authenticity included in the set carries the set's serial number to 209,000. Each tin also includes a lenticular lens that allows the anti-counterfeit "bar code" to be read. (This lens works on all Pinnacle Brands cards with the "bar code".)

Joe DiMaggio autographed 9000 cards for this set. Autographs were not randomly inserted into boxes sets - instead, autographs were inserted one per specially marked box. These boxes had a gold sticker on the front that clearly stated the boxes set also included one of DiMaggio’s autograph cards along with confirmatory text on the back of the tin.

Distribution

Factory set exclusive 209,000 sets produced.

Checklist

Base Set

1 "An American Hero"

2 "San Francisco Seals"

3 "Seals Farewell"

4 "First Game"

5 "The Rookie"

6 "Rookie All-Star"

7 "Fan Favorite"

8 "Teammates' Awe"

9 "Classic Swing"

10 "Joltin' Power"

11 "Rapid Robert vs. Joltin' Joe"

12 "The Complete Hitter"

13 "Makin' It Look Easy"

14 "Extra Swings"

15 "The Run Producer"

16 "Quiet Confidence"

17 "A Link to the Past"

18 "Sticks 'n' Bones"

19 "Center of Attention"

20 "The DiMaggio Mystique"

21 "Joe McCarthy"

22 "World War II"

23 "Fearless Baserunner"

24 "The Summer of '41"

25 "Career Statistics"

26 "No. 45"

27 "Chasing Ruth"

28 "The Final Season"

29 "Retirement"

30 "Baseball's Greatest Living Player"

Autographs

Joe DiMaggio personally signed a total of 9000 cards and these autographed cards were inserted one per boxed set in specially marked boxes. More specifically, Pinnacle marked the boxed sets that contained one of the five DiMaggio autographed cards with a gold sticker on the front that clearly stated that an autograph was enclosed and additional confirmatory text on the back of the tin.

Further, case distribution was also specific - for the boxed sets with autographs, there were five boxes per case, and each box in a case had one of the five autographs. Thus, a case of autographed boxed sets would yield a full autograph set run.

These five autographed cards are slightly smaller (narrower) than standard size and feature white-bordered black-and-white action shots from DiMaggio's career that place special emphasis on the skills that made him great. DiMaggio's signature appears below the photo within the wide white lower margin. Each card is hand-numbered to 1800 copies on the reverse side.

1 "Spring 1936"

2 "Joltin' Joe"

3 "The Streak"

4 "Opening Day"

5 "Ebbets Field"