1996 Donruss

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1996 Donruss Series 2 hobby box

Description

1996 Donruss is a 550-card set issued in two series of 330 and 220 cards respectively. The full-bleed fronts feature the player's name is in white ink in the upper right, and the player's team and uniform number in a foil "box."

One of Donruss's main selling points was that all non-parallel inserts were serial-numbered, with each waxbox yielding at least one.

This would be the final Donruss product released as an independent company, as it was purchased by Pinnacle Brands in May. It would also be the final year Dick Perez would produce the Diamond Kings.

Rookie Cards in this set include Mike Cameron.

Distribution

Series One Hobby: 36 packs per box, 12 cards per pack (MSRP: $1.79).

Series Two Hobby: 18 packs per box, 12 cards per pack (MSRP: $1.79).

Retail: 12 cards per pack.

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	550	-	?	?
Press Proofs (S1)	330	2000	1:12	1:12
Press Proofs (S2)	220	2000	1:10	1:10
Diamond Kings (S1)	14	10,000	1:60	1:60
Diamond Kings (S2)	17	10,000	1:30	1:30
Elite (S1)	6	10,000	1:75	1:75
Elite (S2)	6	10,000	1:40	1:40
Hit List (S1)	8	10,000	1:105	1:105
Hit List (S2)	8	10,000	1:60	1:60
Showdown (S1)	8	10,000	1:105	1:105
Power Alley (S1)	10	4500	1:92	N/A
Power Alley Die-Cut (S1)	10	500	?	N/A
Long Ball Leaders (S1)	8	5000	N/A	1:96
Freeze Frame (S2)	8	5000	1:60	1:60
Round Trippers (S2)	10	5000	1:55	N/A
Pure Power (S2)	8	5000	N/A	?

Checklist

Promos

This eight-card set was issued to preview the 1996 Donruss series. The disclaimer "PROMOTIONAL SAMPLE" is stamped diagonally across both sides of the cards.

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Base Set

Series One

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Series Two

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Parallels

All cards are available as Press Proof parallels. Each Press Proof is limited to 2000 copies.

Inserts

Diamond Kings

Diamond Kings 1-14 were inserted into Series One packs, and 15-31 in Series Two. All cards are serial-numbered to 10,000 copies.

This would be the final year Dick Perez produced the Diamond Kings, as Pinnacle Brands would choose other artists. This would also be the final year in which each MLB team was represented with DK.

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Elite Series

Cards #61-66 were inserted into Series One packs, while #67-72 were in Series Two. All cards are serial-numbered to 10,000 copies.

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Freeze Frame

These cards were randomly inserted into Series Two packs and are serial-numbered to 5000 copies.

NOTE: All cards have rounded corners.

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Hit List

Cards #1-8 were inserted into Series One packs, while #9-16 were in Series Two. All cards are serial-numbered to 10,000 copies.

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Long Ball Leaders

Each Long Ball Leader is exclusive to Series One retail packs, and is serial-numbered to 5000 copies.

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Power Alley

Each Power Alley insert is exclusive to Series One Hobby packs and serial-numbered to 5000 copies. The first 500 copies of each card have a die-cut pattern on their sides.

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Pure Power

Each Pure Power insert is exclusive to Series Two retail packs, and is serial-numbered to 5000 copies. All cards are printed on etched-foil and have a hole punched on the bottom of the card.

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Round Trippers

Each Round Trippers insert is exclusive to Series Two Hobby packs, and is serial-numbered to 5000 copies.

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Showdown

These cards were randomly inserted into Series One packs and are serial-numbered to 10,000 copies.

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