I really depends on the specific set you're talking about. The first Topps Gold cards were in 1992. Regular gold cards had the players name area and Topps logo replaced with gold foil and were found randomly in wax packs, and in more regular numbers in rack and jumbo packs. There were also redemption cards, those are the "Topps Winner" cards, that actually include the word "Winner" in foil on the front as well.
In 1993, there were no redemptions (well except Black Gold, but that was a completely separate set), and the gold cards again had the Topps logo and the banner with the players names replaced with gold foil.
In almost all cases, a Topps Gold card is a parallel version of the regular base card with some manner of gold foil on it replacing some part (usually the name and Topps logo) of the regular design.
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