2003 Ultra

Description

2003 Ultra consists of 265 cards released in two series. The first 250 cards were issued as part of the 2003 Ultra product in November, 2002. Cards numbered 1-200 feature veterans, 201-220 feature All-Stars, 221-240 feature rookies from 2002 in the the design of 2002 Ultra and 241-250 feature rookie prospects of 2003. Each 24-pack Hobby contains two game-used memorabilia cards.

The final fifteen cards can only be found in packs of 2003 Fleer Rookies & Greats, which was released in December 2003. These 15 additional cards feature a top prospect and are serial-numbered to 1500.

Distribution

Hobby/Retail: 24 packs per box, ten cards per pack (MSRP: $2.99).

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Complete Set	250	-	9:1	9:1
Short Set	200	-	8:1	8:1
2002 Rookie Update	20	-	1:2	1:2
Prospects	10	-	1:2	1:2
All-Stars	20	-	1:4	1:4
Gold Medallion Base	200	-	1:1	N/A
Gold Medallion All-Star	20	-	1:24	N/A
Gold Medallion Rookie	30	-	1:24	N/A
Double Up	16	-	1:8	1:8
Moonshots	20	-	1:12	1:12
Photo Effex	20	-	1:12	1:12
Photo Effex Gold	20	25	?	?
When It Was A Game	40	-	1:20	1:12
Back 2 Back	17	1000	?	?
Moonshots Memorabilia	20	-	*	?
Back 2 Back Memorabilia	17	500	*	?
Back 2 Back Memorabilia Gold	17	50	*	?
Double Up Memorabilia	16	100	*	?
When It Was A Game Used	12	varies	*	?

* Each 24-pack Hobby box yields two game-used cards

Checklist

Base Set

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All-Stars

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2002 Ultra Rookies

Each card is done in the style of the previous years Ultra set.

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Prospects

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Rookies & Greats Prospects

Each card is serial-numbered to 1500 copies and randomly seeded in packs of 2003 Fleer Rookies & Greats.

NOTE: Each card is sequentially-numbered with a "U-" prefix.

<sql2wiki database="carddb"> SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 2003) AND (setname = 'Ultra') AND (num LIKE 'U%') </sql2wiki>

Parallels

Gold Medallion

Each of the 250 Ultra Series base cards are available in a Hobby-exclusive, die-cut Gold Medallion parallel. Each Hobby pack contains one Gold Medallion card with cards from the All-Stars, 2002 Rookie Update and Prospect subsets short-printed.

Inserts

Double Up

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Moonshots

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Photo Effex

Each card is also available in a Photo Effex Gold parallel, which is serial-numbered to 25 copies.

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When it was a Game

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Back 2 Back

Each Back 2 Back insert is serial-numbered to 1000 copies.

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Autographs & Game-Used

Moonshots Memorabilia

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Back 2 Back Memorabilia

Each Back 2 Back Memorabilia card is serial-numbered to 500 copies with a Gold parallel, serial-numbered to 50 copies, also available.

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Double Up Memorabilia

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When It Was A Game Used

Each When it was a Game Used card is serial-numbered to the production figures listed below.

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Ultra
1991 - 1992 - 1993 - 1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 1997 - 1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007
Other Ultra sets: 1991 Ultra Update - 1993 Ultra Performers