2015 Topps Finest Football Will Shout Back to ’95

2015 Topps Finest Football will arrive on or about November 12 and the company is promising that all autographs will be live in boxes (no redemption cards).

The company will take the throwback route, going back 20 years to utilize the 1995 Finest design for one of its insert subsets. Veterans, retired greats and rookies will be featured on cards with autographed versions numbered to 20 (Pulsar Refractors are #’d to 10.  SuperFractor Parallels are 1/1).

A full checklist is below.

Each master box of Finest Football will contain a total of 60 cards including:

1 Rookie Autograph Patch card

1 Autographed Jumbo Relic card

4 Finest Atomic Refractor rookie cards

2 1995 design Finest rookie cards

Box prices online are in the $90-$100 range.

Autographed content will include serial numbered Rookie Refractor Autograph Variations which are on-card autograph image variations of the base rookie cards on chrome refractor technology with:

Blue Refractor Parallel: #’d to 25.

Red Refractor Parallel: #’d to 15.

Pulsar Refractor: #’d to 10.

SuperFractor Parallel: #’d 1/1

Finest Atomic Rookies Refractor Autograph Die Cuts, featuring a perimeter die cut, chrome refractor technology and an on-card signature and these parallels:

Blue Refractor: #’d to 25.

Red Refractor: #’d to 15.

Pulsar Refractor: #’d to 10.

SuperFractor: #’d 1/1.

Rookie Refractor Autograph Patches include an autograph and a patch on refractor technology with these also possible:

Blue Refractor Parallel: Numbered.

Gold Refractor Parallel: Numbered.

Diamond Refractor Parallel: Numbered.

Pulsar Refractor Parallel: Jumbo Patch – #’d to 35.

X-Fractor Parallel: Jumbo Patch – #’d to 20.

STS Refractor Parallel: Jumbo Patch – #’d to 15.

BCA Refractor Parallel: Jumbo Patch – #’d to 10.

Red Refractor Pigskin NFL Shield Parallel: #’d 1/1.

Red Refractor NFL Shield Logo Parallel: #’d 1/1.

Red Refractor Swoosh Logo Tag Parallel: #’d 1/1.

Red Refractor Jersey Swoosh Logo Parallel: #’d 1/1.

SuperFractor Team Patch Parallel: Seq #’d 1/1.

Autographed Jumbo Relic Refractors are numbered rookie and veteran autographs with a jumbo relic swatch.  Look for these:

Blue Refractor Parallel: Numbered.

Gold Refractor Parallel: Numbered.

Diamond Refractor Parallel: Numbered.

Pulsar Refractor Patch Parallel: #’d to 35.

X-Fractor Patch Parallel: #’d to 20.

STS Patch Parallel: #’d to 15.

BCA Patch Parallel: #’d to 10.

Red Refractor Nike Swoosh Parallel: #’d 1/1.

SuperFractor Team Patch Parallel: #’d 1/1

Dual Autograph Dual Patches will feature two players with a relic and an autograph from each (#’d to 10).  There will also be a SuperFractor #’d 1/1.

Triple Autograph Triple Patches will have three players with a relic and autograph of each, numbered to ten with a 1/1 SuperFractor hiding in one case.

Quarterback Quartet Autograph Patch Book Cards will have four quarterback autographs and patches on a refractor book card.  Numbered to 5.

There’s also a Quad Autograph Quad Team Patch card with a 1/1 SuperFractor.

2015 Finest Football Inserts include:

Topps Finest QB Cuts.  New perimeter die-cut design featuring elite veteran and rookie quarterbacks on chrome refractor technology (one per case) with these in the mix:

Topps Finest QB Cuts Gold Refractor: Numbered.

Topps Finest QB Cuts Red Refractor: Numbered.

Topps Finest QB Cuts Pulsar Refractor: #’d to 25.

Topps Finest QB Cuts SuperFractor: #’d 1/1.

Finest Atomic Refractor Rookie Die Cuts.  A perimeter die cut with chrome refractor technology (2 per mini box)

Finest Atomic Rookies Blue Refractor: Numbered.

Finest Atomic Rookies Gold Refractor: Numbered.

Finest Atomic Rookies Red Refractor: Numbered.

Finest Atomic Rookies Pulsar Refractor: Numbered.

Finest Atomic Rookies SuperFractor: #’d 1/1.

The 150-card base set includes veterans and rookies on chrome technology with:

Refractor Parallel: 1:3 packs.

X-Fractor Parallel: 1:6 packs.

Black Refractor Parallel: (hot box only)

Blue Refractor Parallel: Numbered.

Gold Refractor Parallel: Numbered.

Red Refractor Parallel: Numbered.

Diamond Refractor: Numbered.

BCA Refractor Parallel: Seq #’d to 25.

STS Refractor Parallel: Seq #’d to 10.

SuperFractor Parallel: Seq #’d 1/1.

Printing Plates: Seq #’d 1/1.

Every eight cases will include a hot box with every base card as a Black Refractor.

Click here to see 2015 Topps Finest Football boxes and cases on eBay.

2015 Topps Finest Football Checklist

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