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

#9 boog powell

#10 brooks robinson

#11 frank robinson

#14 jim lonborg

#20 lou brock

#21 orlando cepeda

#23 steve carlton

#24 tim mccarver

#27 denny mcclain

#29 jim northrup

#31 mickey lolich

#38 steve carlton

#39 boog powell

#41 davey johnson

#44 frank robinson

#45 jim palmer

#46 mike cuellar

#47 paul blair

#52 ernie banks

#57 ed kranepool

#62 brooks robinson

#63 davey johnson

#67 jim palmer

#70 pete richert

#71 ellie hendricks

#73 bill freehan

#80 bert campaneris

#84 ken holtzman

#85 billy north

#88 manny trillo

#89 dick green

#91 sal bando

#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

#117 george foster

#118 joe morgan

#119 johnny bench

#126 vida blue

#133 ken griffey sr

#135 tony perez

#138 davey lopes

#140 dusty baker

#141 steve yeager

#145 bucky dent

#146 chris chambliss

#151 don gullett

#152 sparky lyle

#157 graig nettles

#158 lou piniella

#163 brian downing

#164 dan ford

#167 george foster

#173 dave parker

#175 bill russell

#178 dusty baker

#179 jerry reuss

#181 pedro guerrero

#182 ron cey

#183 steve garvey

#184 rudy may

#186 bucky dent

#194 manny trillo

#198 steve yeager

#199 burt hooton

#201 jerry reuss

#202 mike scioscia

#204 ron cey

#205 steve garvey

#206 alejandro pena

#210 paul molitor

#217 lou piniella

#219 tommy john

#222 paul molitor

#223 robin yount

#225 cal ripken jr

#228 john shelby

#232 jack morris

#233 kirk gibson

#238 ken griffey sr.

#239 phil niekro

#242 bruce hurst

#246 tom seaver

#249 bob grich

#250 brian downing

#251 don sutton

#252 terry forster

#256 dwight gooden

#264 sid fernandez

#269 jack morris

#271 lou whitaker

#276 jesse orosco

#277 john shelby

#278 kirk gibson

#280 mike scioscia

#287 lenny dykstra

#294 dave winfield

#295 jack morris

#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

#11 frank robinson

#14 jim lonborg

#42 merv rettenmund

#88 manny trillo

#96 al downing

#97 ron cey

#124 gene tenace

#137 burt hooton

#138 davey lopes

#141 steve yeager

#142 ron cey

#167 george foster

#177 don sutton

#193 dickie noles

#203 pedro guerrero

#204 ron cey

#233 kirk gibson

#249 bob grich

#261 mookie wilson

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...