1996 Bowman's Best

Description

1996 Bowman's Best is a 180 card set released by Topps. The set consists of a 90 veterans (Gold) and 90 prospects (Silver).

Card #33 does not exist. Instead, Topps erroneously printed two card #32s.

Distribution

Boxes came in several different configurations:

Retail: 20 packs with 3 cards per pack

Hobby: 24 packs with 6 cards per pack (MSRP: $4.99).

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	180	-	?	?
Refractor	180	-	1:12	1:20
Atomic Refractor	180	-	1:48	1:80
1952 Bowman Mickey Mantle Chrome Reprint	1	-	1:24	1:20
1952 Bowman Mickey Mantle Chrome Refractor Reprint	1	-	1:96	1:160
1952 Bowman Mickey Mantle Chrome Atomic Refractor Reprint	1	-	1:192	1:320
Cuts	15	-	1:24	1:40
Cuts Refractors	15	-	1:48	1:80
Cuts Atomic Refractors	15	-	1:96	1:160
Mirror Image	10	-	1:48	1:80
Mirror Image Refractors	10	-	1:96	1:160
Mirror Image Atomic Refractors	10	-	1:192	1:320

Checklist

Promos

This 30-card set was randomly inserted into packs of 1996 Bowman. Each Preview is also available in the following Refractor parallels.

• Refractors
• Atomic Refractors

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Base Set

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Parallels

All 180 cards are available in the following Refractor parallels.

• Refractor
• Atomic Refractor

Inserts

1952 Bowman Mickey Mantle Chrome Reprint

See 1996 Topps.

Cuts

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Mirror Image

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