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[todeen]

Originally Posted by OhioLawyerF5

Recent mailday: 1999 Bowman's Best Atomic Refractor /100

Great card. I didn't know that set had #'d cards. Is it stamped? Or just suspected print runs.

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[OhioLawyerF5]

Originally Posted by todeen

Great card. I didn't know that set had #'d cards. Is it stamped? Or just suspected print runs.

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It is stamped. The regular refractors are serial numbered /400, and the atomic refractors are serial numbered /100.

[Balticfox]

How does an Atomic Refractor differ from a regular Refractor other than the serial numbering?

[OhioLawyerF5]

Originally Posted by Balticfox

How does an Atomic Refractor differ from a regular Refractor other than the serial numbering?

Most of the time it is a very obvious different refractor pattern. With the 1999 Bowman's Best Atomics, the atomic pattern is subtle. The pattern is in the vertical lines on the card. It's extra "shiny" inside the lines with a crystal-like effect. It's hard to capture in pictures.

This is the more traditional atomic pattern:



They likely decided that pattern wouldn't look very good with the vertical lines of the 1999 design and went a different direction

Here they are side by side (regular on left, atomic on right: