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Originally Posted by Balticfox
Okay. So what does "Dual Sided" mean for the 1998 Topps Finest baseball? I thought all Topps cards were dual sided.
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Usually, chrome cards have only a chrome stock on the front, while the back of the card is paper. Similarly, refractors usually only have the refractor layer on the front of the card, and the back doesn't have the shiny refractor finish.
In 1998, they decided to do a parallel that gave the cards the treatment on both sides. So the dual sided base card has chrome card stock on both the front and the back. Neither side is paper. And the dual sided refractor has the rainbow shine on the back as well.
It is really hard to capture the chrome back on a photograph, but the refractor on the back is obvious. So here are photos of both the front and the back of the dual sided cards.
Hope that helps. If you still have questions, let me know. I can take better photos when I get home. These are just what I have on my phone (as I catalog my collection photographically in albums on my phone).
