Barry Larkin Collection 1,038: 1996 Collector's Choice - #401 - Silver Signature

Barry Larkin

Year:  1996

Brand:  Collector's Choice

Parallel set:  Silver Signature

Card number:  401

Back in the 90s, Upper Deck released a kid-friendly brand called Collector's Choice.  For a number of years, the set featured two standard parallels:  a silver signature and a gold signature.  The Silver Signature parallels were seeded one-per-pack typically while the Gold Signature cards were limited to one-per-box.  The card you see above is the more common Silver Signature version of Larkin's team checklist card.

Now wait, you say "there's no signature present!"  

You are correct - it turns out that Upper Deck simply made the team name in silver foil for the "Silver Signature" parallels.  Why even bother to make parallels of a checklist if that's all you are going to do?  I have no good answers for you, that was baseball card collecting in the mid-90s I guess!