2012 Topps Allen & Ginter's

Description

2012 Topps Allen & Ginter's is a 350-card set that released on July 11, 2012. The final 50 cards (301-350) are short-printed and inserted in a 1:2/pack ratio.

This product is significant in that it is the first Topps set with an attainable Bryce Harper rookie card.

Distribution

Hobby: 24 packs plus one box topper (N43 or Cabinet or variation of either) per box, eight cards per pack (MSRP: $5). 12 boxes per case. Packs without special inserts contain 8 cards. Cards with a Framed Autograph, Relic, Cloth, Printing Plate, or Cut Signature have 7 cards per pack. Cards with a Colony in a Card insert have 4 cards per pack. Cards with a Book Card have 1 card per pack.

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	350	-	?	?
short set	300	-	?	?
SPs	50	-	1:2	1:2
Mini	350	-	?	?
Mini A&G Back	350	-	1:5	?
Mini Black Border	350	-	1:10	?
Mini No Number	350	50	1:111	?
Mini Baseball Back	350	25	1:222	?
Mini Wood	350	one-of-one	1:2,580	N/A
Mini Printing Plate	350	four for each	1:564	N/A
Framed Cloth	150	10	1:602	N/A
What's in a Name?	100	-	1:2	1:2
Historical Turning Points	20	-	1:10	1:10
You've Gotta Be Kidding Me!	15	-	1:10	1:10
World's Tallest Buildings	10	-	1:10	1:10
Baseball Highlights Sketches	24	-	1:10	1:10
Colony in a Card	?	-	1:288	case hit
People of the Bible	15	-	?1:5	*
Man's Best Friend	20	-	1:5	*
World's Greatest Military Leaders	20	-	1:5	*
Giants of the Deep	15	-	1:5	*
Musical Masters	16	-	1:5	*
Culinary Curiosities	10	-	1:5	*
Rip Cards	100	Varies, lower than 100	1:287	N/A
N-43	15	-	1:3	N/A
Baseball Highlight Cabinets	5	-	1:5	N/A
Roller Coaster Cabinets	5	-	1:4	N/A
Framed Relics	?	-	?	?
DNA Relics	10	one-of-one	?	?
Lepidoptery Cards	?	-	1:36, 131	N/A
Book Cards	25	one-of-one	1:36, 131	N/A
Framed Allen & Ginter Buybacks	100	one-of-one	1?	N/A
Framed Autographs	?	-	1:51	?
Cut Signatures	20	one-of-one	1:95,900	N/A
Allen & Ginter Originals	30	one-of-one	:45,164	N/A
Red Ink Autographs	?	10	1:785	N/A
Mini Exclusives	50	-	**	N/A
Mini Wood Exclusives	50	one-of-one	**	N/A
Rip Card Reserves	25	one-of-one	**	N/A
N-43 Relics	10	25	1:151	N/A
N-43 Autographs	10	15	1:251	N/A
N-43 Autographed Relics	5	5	1:1,505	N/A
N-43 Artifacts	5	varies	1:753	N/A
Cabinet Relics	10	one-of-one	1:3,763	N/A
Currency of the World Cabinet Relics	30	50	1:25	N/A

* Overall Odds of finding a Mini-sized insert: 1:5/packs ** Comes embedded inside a Rip Card.

Checklist

Base Set

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Short Prints

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Parallels

All 350 cards will be available in the following mini-sized parallels.

• Mini
• Mini A&G Back
• Mini Black Border
• Mini Gold Border (retail rack packs only)
• Mini No Number (limited to 50 copies)
• Mini Red A&G Back (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
• Mini Wood (one-of-one, Hobby Only- Found in Rip Cards)
• Mini Printing Plate (set of four for each color, Hobby Only)

Mini Exclusives

Each Mini Exclusive is embedded inside a Rip Card. A one-of-one Wood parallel is also available in Rip Cards.

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Silk

Each Framed Cloth card is serial-numbered to ten copies and exclusive to Hobby packs.

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Inserts

What's in a Name?

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Historical Turning Points

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World's Tallest Buildings

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Baseball Highlight Sketches

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Colony in a Card

The Colony in a Card inserts are case hits and only found in hobby packs. Some of the cards can grow bugs if you so choose. Packs with a Colony in a Card insert in them only have 4 cards, as opposed to the normal 8 cards.

People of the Bible

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Man's Best Friend

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World's Greatest Military Leaders

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Giants of the Deep

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Musical Masters

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Culinary Curiosities

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Guys in Hats

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Fashionable Ladies

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Rip Cards

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N-43

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Baseball Highlight Cabinets

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Rollercoaster Cabinets

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Artist Original

Each Artist Original is a one-of-one sketch card that is embedded inside a Rip Card.

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Autographs & Game-Used

Framed Relics

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Employee Relics

Each Employee Relic is hand-numbered to ten copies.

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DNA Relics

Each DNA Relic is a one-of-one and containts a strand of the subject's hair embedded in the card.

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Book Cards

Each Book Card is exclusive to Hobby packs. Each is numbered one of one.

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Framed Autographs

Each Autograph is also available in a Red Ink parallel available only in Rip Cards and hand-numbered to 10 copies. In addition, a complete set of one-of-one "Codebreaker" autographs was given to the first person to solve that year's Ginter Code contest.

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Employee Autographs

Each Topps Employee Autograph is hand-numbered to ten copies.

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Cut Signatures

Each cut signature is a one-of-one. It should be noted that the vast majority of subjects are still living, unlike previous years.

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N-43 Relics

Each N-43 Relic is serial-numbered to 25 copies.

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N-43 Autographs

Each N-43 Autograph is hand-numbered to 15 copies.

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N-43 Autographed Relics

Each N-43 Autographed Relic is hand-numbered to five copies.

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N-43 Artifacts

Each N-43 Artifact is hand-numbered.

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Cabinet Relics

Each Cabinet Relic is a one-of-one.

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Currency of the World Cabinet Relics

Each Currency of the World Cabinet Relic features an embedded coin from the respective nation/region. All are serial-numbered to 50 copies.

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Lepidoptery Cabinet

Each Lepidoptery Cabinet will feature a pressed butterfly embedded into a "shadowbox" style card. All cards packed out as redemptions.

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Rip Card Reserve

These one-of-one redemption cards are good for whole pieces of game-used memorabilia. Each is embedded inside a Rip Card and expire on July 13th, 2013.

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