numbered parallels - bronze and gold

this post covers the numbered parallel cards to the base set.  they come in two versions - bronze and gold - and exist for all 300 cards in the base set.  bronze cards are numbered to 50, and gold to 5. both versions have the machine stamp on the back.  in addition to the numbering, the set medallion and team logo (on the non-memorable moments cards) are modified to a bronze and gold foil, respectively, on each parallel set.  the framing/border of the memorable moments subset cards are also colored differently for each parallel set.

here are some fronts and backs of bronze parallel cards that i have in my collection, many of which are dodgers, of course:

#1 bob gibson

#4 tim mccarver

#6 jim kaat

#7 jim perry

#9 boog powell

#10 brooks robinson

#11 frank robinson

#12 jim palmer

#14 jim lonborg

#17 rico petrocelli

#20 lou brock

#21 orlando cepeda

#22 ray washburn

#23 steve carlton

#24 tim mccarver

#27 denny mcclain

#29 jim northrup

#31 mickey lolich

#35 julian javier

#38 steve carlton

#39 boog powell

#40 brooks robinson

#41 davey johnson

#44 frank robinson

#45 jim palmer

#46 mike cuellar

#47 paul blair

#48 pete richert

#52 ernie banks

#55 ken holtzman

#57 ed kranepool

#58 jerry koosman

#59 nolan ryan

#62 brooks robinson

#63 davey johnson

#66 frank robinson

#67 jim palmer

#70 pete richert

#71 ellie hendricks

#73 bill freehan

#77 mickey lolich

#80 bert campaneris

#84 ken holtzman

#85 billy north

#86 blue moon odom

#88 manny trillo

#89 dick green

#91 sal bando

#92 vida blue

#95 don sutton

#96 al downing

#97 ron cey

#98 steve garvey

#99 tommy john

#100 bert campaneris

#102 joe rudi

#103 sal bando

#106 carlton fisk

#107 cecil cooper

#108 dwight evans

#117 george foster

#118 joe morgan

#119 johnny bench

#122 tony perez

#126 vida blue

#133 ken griffey sr

#135 tony perez

#137 burt hooton

#138 davey lopes

#140 dusty baker

#141 steve yeager

#143 steve garvey

#144 tommy john

#145 bucky dent

#146 chris chambliss

#151 don gullett

#152 sparky lyle

#154 bucky dent

#155 chris chambliss

#157 graig nettles

#158 lou piniella

#159 roy white

#160 rich "goose" gossage

#161 sparky lyle

#163 brian downing

#164 dan ford

#165 nolan ryan

#166 dave concepcion

#167 george foster

#169 ray knight

#173 dave parker

#175 bill russell

#176 steve yeager

#177 don sutton

#178 dusty baker

#179 jerry reuss

#181 pedro guerrero

#182 ron cey

#183 steve garvey

#184 rudy may

#185 brian doyle

#186 bucky dent

#188 lou piniella

#192 bob boone

#194 manny trillo

#196 sparky lyle

#197 steve carlton

#198 steve yeager

#199 burt hooton

#200 dusty baker

#201 jerry reuss

#202 mike scioscia

#204 ron cey

#205 steve garvey

#206 alejandro pena

#207 steve sax

#210 paul molitor

#215 bucky dent

#217 lou piniella

#219 tommy john

#222 paul molitor

#223 robin yount

#225 cal ripken jr

#228 john shelby

#231 howard johnson

#232 jack morris

#233 kirk gibson

#236 dave winfield

#238 ken griffey sr.

#239 phil niekro

#240 yogi berra

#242 bruce hurst

#246 tom seaver

#247 wade boggs

#249 bob grich

#250 brian downing

#251 don sutton

#252 terry forster

#255 darryl strawberry

#256 dwight gooden

#260 lenny dykstra

#261 mookie wilson

#262 ray knight

#264 sid fernandez

#267 chet lemon

#269 jack morris

#270 kirk gibson

#271 lou whitaker

#276 jesse orosco

#277 john shelby

#278 kirk gibson

#280 mike scioscia

#282 darryl strawberry

#287 lenny dykstra

#288 mookie wilson

#289 wally backman

#294 dave winfield

#295 jack morris

#297 don mattingly

#298 paul o'neill

#299 jack mcdowell

here are some fronts and backs of gold parallel cards that i have in my collection:

#4 tim mccarver

#8 mudcat grant

#11 frank robinson

#14 jim lonborg

#42 merv rettenmund

#88 manny trillo

#96 al downing

#97 ron cey

#101 billy north

#116 don gullett

#124 gene tenace

#137 burt hooton

#138 davey lopes

#141 steve yeager

#142 ron cey

#151 don gullett

#162 bobby grich

#167 george foster

#174 phil garner

#177 don sutton

#186 bucky dent

#193 dickie noles

#203 pedro guerrero

#204 ron cey

#221 gorman thomas

#233 kirk gibson

#242 bruce hurst

#249 bob grich

#261 mookie wilson

#276 jesse orosco

#280 mike scioscia

the gold foil really looks sharp on the cards with black and white photos (like the trillo), but by far the best of these parallel cards are the memorable moments cards as evidenced by the frank robinson and dickie noles cards above and this image

courtesy of 1978, the year it all began - the blog of another garvey supercollector.  i used to consider it one of my great collecting disappointments that i didn't have a gold memorable moments parallel in my collection, especially knowing that there is a steve garvey card out there. thankfully, in the spring of 2022 i was able to add the noles card to my collection and later that year the robinson as well.

next up, the autograph parallels.  stay tuned...