1997 Totally Certified

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1997 Pinnacle Totally Certified hobby box

Description

Totally Certified is a 150-card parallel brand of the 1997 Pinnacle Certified set that was Pinnacle's high-end product for the year. The checklist is identical to its Pinnacle Certified base brand but the design differs: Each chromium-stock card featured a new photograph and was printed on etched-foil. Just like its base brand, each card also featured a removable protective "peel".

Totally Certified was available exclusively in Hobby stores. Each three-card pack contained two Platinum Red cards (each serial-numbered to 3999) and one Platinum Blue card (serial-numbered to 1999). A Platinum Gold parallel (serial-numbered to 30) was the chase card in this set and was randomly inserted into packs. Only 999 twenty-box cases were produced and each waxbox was serial-numbered.

Unlike the base brand, a Jose Cruz, Jr. card does not exist in Totally Certified. The only significant "true" rookie card is Brian Giles.

Distribution

Three cards per pack, 18 packs per box (MSRP $6.99) Hobby exclusive.

Reviews

Totally Certified: Stale Gum Wax Heaven Old School Breaks

Insertion Ratios

Totally Certified	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Platinum Red	150	3999	two-per-pack
Platinum Blue	150	1999	one-per-pack
Platinum Gold	150	30	1:79

Checklist

Promos

This set was produced to introduce the Pinnacle Totally Certified Platinum Red, Blue, and Gold Sets. One card from each of the three parallel sets was distributed in each version of this preview set.

• 5 Jeff Bagwell
• 18 Tony Clark
• 24 Larry Walker
• 39 Roger Clemens
• 41 Frank Thomas
• 53 Ken Griffey, Jr.

Base Set

NOTES

• The Platinum Red cards (serial-numbered to 3999) were considered to be the "base" set in Totally Certified.
• Since the checklist is identical to that of 1997 Pinnacle Certified, listing the Totally Certified checklist would be redundant.

Parallels

There were two parallels in Totally Certified:

• Platinum Blue (serial-numbered to 1999)

• Platinum Gold (serial-numbered to 30)