13/14 SPGU vs. 13/14 Titanium - Lightning perspective

[Shaboobala]

Howdy folks,

Was doing my daily searches for my Lightning rookies when I see the new Gudas RC from SPGU has been listed. It is numbered /7 which is his current number. However, when he made his debut last season he wore 75. So I checked the checklist and found the Palat and Johnson also listed under this season's number (18 and 9 rather than 74 and 63).

Initially I chuckled at Panini for having last season's number as the serial number as they were all much higher than their current number thankfully making them easier to track down but now I'm thinking Titanium is more accurate of a rookie card.

Are there any players from other teams who wore a different number when they debuted versus what they wear now?

Also, out of curiousity, which RC do you find more accurate and what would you prefer in this particular case - UD with their current jersey number or Titanium with their rookie jersey number.

 

[bigzippy]

Titanium for me.

I think if they wore that number during the rookie season then that is their rookie number, what shirt they wear in their second year (SPGU numbering) is less relevant as its is not their RC year.

My 2c's.

Also with SPGU the Jersey number card 7/7 is an auto? How do we class that card as its a parallel of a parallel? (is it a 1/1 but not as its part of the /7)


Pete

 

[RGM81]

Titanium for me.

I think if they wore that number during the rookie season then that is their rookie number, what shirt they wear in their second year (SPGU numbering) is less relevant as its is not their RC year.

My 2c's.

Also with SPGU the Jersey number card 7/7 is an auto? How do we class that card as its a parallel of a parallel? (is it a 1/1 but not as its part of the /7)


Pete

That kind of thing always confuses me when they do that. The 2007-08 Sweet Shot RC's did something similar where the first 100 cards were autographed and #'d /100 while cards 101-599 were all not signed and were #'d /599. At least I think that's how they did it. I've never seen a non-auto RC from that set with a serial number < 100/599 on it.

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As to the larger question, they're both of course of equal status as rookie cards. A lot of rookies will go through a number of numbers during their first year. I've seen cards of Josh Gorges where he's wearing #59, #40, and #6. Of course guess which one is used on the UD Rookie Ink auto? Yeah.

Brendan Gallagher wore both #73 and #11 during his first campaign. A lot of his jersey #'d parallels opt for the #11 option as it creates even more scarcity on an already-popular player. Smart move as it makes the cards even more desirable for collectors.