1999 Topps Opening Day

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Description

1999 Topps Opening Day is a 165-card partial-parallel version of the 1999 Topps flagship set. As the cards are a de facto parallel, the only distinguishing features being the silver borders, the Opening Day foil logo on front, and the different sequential numbering on back.

Distribution

Retail Only:

Retail boxes: 24 packs per box, 7 cards a pack

Blasters: 22 packs per box, 7 cards per pack and one Oversized card

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Odds
Base 166 - 7:1
Oversized 3 - 1 per blaster
Hank Aaron Autograph 1 - 1:29,642

Checklist

Base Set

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Parallels

Oversized

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One of three oversized (3 1/4" X 4 1/2") cards was inserted into specially-marked Blaster boxes.

  • 1 Sammy Sosa
  • 2 Mark McGwire
  • 3 Ken Griffey, Jr.

Inserts

Slam Derby

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Randomly inserted into packs were Slam Derby sweepstakes cards. If a grand slam was hit in a Major League game on the date listed on the card, it could be entered into a contest where the grand prize is a trip for two to the 1999 All-Star Game.

Autographs

  • HA Hank Aaron
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