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Barry Larkin Collection 737: 2003 Topps Chrome - #227

Barry Larkin
Year:  2003
Brand:  Topps Chrome
Card number:  227

While I already stated that I'm not a big fan of the regular 2003 Topps set, I have to admit that I do kind of like the Topps Chrome set from that same year.  I guess it's the shiny that makes all that blue more palatable to me!   That said, I'm still not much of a fan of the image that Topps used here (the same one as on Larkin's regular 2003 flagship card).

In addition to the Chrome base card, Larkin also has a bunch of parallels in the 2003 Chrome set including:  Refractors (#/699), Gold Refractors (#/4499), and Black Refractors (#/199).  Since Barry was part of Series 2, he also has a retail only Silver Refractor.  Finally, there are slabbed X-Fractors of Larkin as well (Series 2 X-Fractors were numbered out of 57).  That's a lot of parallels to track down...and wouldn't you know it but as of the time of this post I own exactly zero of the parallels.  Bummer for sure!


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  1. 2003 Chrome was the first time I ever saw a serial number.

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