Barry Larkin Collection 998: 1995 Score - #254 - Gold Rush

Barry Larkin

Year:  1995

Brand:  Score

Parallel set:  Gold Rush

Card number:  254

In 1995, Score released a rather ugly base set with an even uglier parallel set.  Seeded one-per-pack, the Gold Rush parallel set takes the Score base design and adds a gold foilboard front to the design.  It's busy...and ugly!  There's also a big ol' "Gold Rush" stamp on the back of the card smacked right on top of the career statistics.  While I do like that it's easy to find the parallels even when sorting a stack of cards upside down, I can't help but think there was a better option as to where to place that Gold Rush logo.  Of course, there are all sorts of elements of this particular card design that I can't help but think could have been improved (here's my original critique of Larkin's base card from 1995 Score).