Hockey Cards and Coffee
September 28, 2016 at 9:19 pm,
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Once again hockey season is just around the corner. It is the middle
to late September and we have the World Cup of Hockey being played
before everyone gears up for the NHL season. Canada is looking good and
should, from the looks of things, win the tournament. Which brings us to
this years Tim Hortons Upper Deck NHL card series that has just been
released as of September 21st 2016. At first glance they are a typical upper deck issued card. The cards are made specifically for Tim Hortons promotion in their Canadian stores only. Last year marked their first promotional set in conjunction with Upper Deck being released. This years set is made up of a base set of 100 cards. There are 6 sub sets comprising of 75 cards giving us a Masterset totaling 175 cards.
I have decided to breakdown the numbers for each individual set and card.
In order to do so we will need some specific information concerning the printing run for this series. I will put links to all info sources at the end of this blog.
The Tim Hortons Upper Deck 2016-17 NHL card series has a printing run of 9,375,200 packs. There are 3 cards in each package giving us a grand total of 28,125,600 cards. There are specific cards in this printing that are not included in the master set but are included in the printing count. These cards and sets are listed as follows from rarest to more common.
Sidney Crosby Autographed (1 card set) 87 cards printed 1:107,761 packs.
Timbits Autographs Nathan MacKinnon (1 card set) 100 printed 1:93,752 packs
NHL Autograph Jersey Card (6 card set) 150 printed (25 sets possible) 1:62,501 packs. I guess it could be argued that these would be the rarest of the cards since only 25 of each were produced.
NHL Autographs (15 card set) 1302 printed (87 sets possible) 1:7,200 packs
Jersey Relic Cards (18 card set) 5208 printed (289 possible sets) 1:1,800 packs
Now that the rarest of the rare cards are accounted for lets move on to the master set, which includes a Base Set of 100 cards, Sub Sets include: Franchise Force set of 12, Clear Cut Phenoms set of 14, Platinum Profiles set of 12, Pure Gold set of 15, Game Day Action set of 15 and Local Leaders set of 7 checklist cards.
BASE SET
There are a total of 18,757,148 cards dedicated to the production of base cards meaning there are 187,571 of each card printed. These cards will be found at a rate of 2 cards per pack.
FRANCHISE FORCE
A total of 390,635 printed with 12 in the set gives us 32,552 of each card printed. These cards were printed at a rate of 1:24pks. Meaning one card for every 72 cards produced, making it the least printed card in the master set.
CLEAR CUT PHENOMS
A total of 585,950 printed with 14 in the set gives us 41,853 of each card printed. These cards were printed at a rate of 1:16pks. Meaning one card for every 48 printed. Making this the 2nd least printed card in the master set.
PLATINUM PROFILES
A total of 1,041,500 printed with 12 in the set gives us 86,791 or each card printed. These cards were printed at a rate of 1:9 pks, or one card for every 27 produced.
PURE GOLD
A total of 1,875,000 were produced with 15 in the set gives us 125,000 or each card printed. These cards were printed at a rate of 1:5pks. or one in every 15 cards.
GAME DAY ACTION
A total of 3,125,000 were printed with 15 in the set leaves us with 208,333 of each card produced. They were printed at a rate of 1:3pks or one for every 9 cards. These cards are the second most abundant cards in print.
LOCAL LEADERS
A total of 2,343,000 printed with 7 in the set giving us 334,714 of each card. Although it had less total printed than other sets the fact that there are only 7 cards needed to complete the set makes it the highest produced cards in the set.
So here is the quick list of the cards and the breakdown from rarest to most common:
Franchise Force:(12 card set) 390,635 cards, 32,552 of each.
Clear Cut Phenoms: (14 card set) 585,950 cards, 41,853 of each
Platinum Profiles: (12 card set) 1,041,500 cards, 86,791 of each
Pure Gold: (15 card set) 1,875,000 cards, 125,000 of each
Base Set: (100 card set) 18,757,148 cards, 187,571 of each
Game Day Action: (15 card set) 208,333 of each
Local Leaders: (7 card set) 334,714 of each.
That means there is only 32,552 possible master sets, and only 25 complete ultimate sets if someone was able to collect all rare redemption cards and autographed cards. Good luck!
There was also a Sidney Crosby binder released this year with the collection and is in limited supply. I am currently trying to find out just how many were produced but not sure where to find that info. I will try writing Tims to find out. Always good to know just how rare or not so rare something is.
I hope this info will be useful or at least interesting. Only a few more weeks til the hockey season begins until then we have what is left of the WCH and Tim Horton hockey cards to get us geared up. We will see you all soon with more stats and numbers to break down.
SOURCES:
http://www.beckett.com/news/2016-17-upper-deck-tim-hortons-hockey/