About a month before Stephen Curry’s NBA debut, Upper Deck released the final NBA Exquisite Collection set before Panini’s exclusive trading card license took effect. Twenty-eight rookies landed on the Exquisite Rookie Autograph portion of the checklist. Nine of those players, including a sharpshooting guard from Davidson University named Stephen Curry, are represented twice. This is card #72.
Upper Deck secured hard-signed signatures from the draftees but pictured them in their college uniforms on a design that paid homage to the inaugural 2003-04 Exquisite Collection set. With Curry coming up the court in his Davidson Wildcats jersey, collectors get a high-end reminder of his tremendous college career with one of his top rookie cards.
No copy of this card has a higher grade in the BGS registry than this Gem Mint 9.5. Subgrades include 9.5 for Corners, Centering and Edges. The autograph has also been assessed as a 10.
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The certification number on this card has been checked against the third-party grader's online database and is active as of 05/29/2026.
