Metal Universe’s Precious Metal Gems are a benchmark in modern card collecting. Combining rarity and infamously stingy pop. reports, any of these prized parallels from the late ‘90s are highly desirable no matter who’s depicted. But when a legend such as Derek Jeter is covered in that full-foil treatment, such issues carry an extra level of intrigue when they hit the auction block.
After debuting in basketball and football, PMGs soon made the jump to baseball. The etched gold background of the 1999 parallels carry a stunning, luxurious glow. Also helping the card glow is the small print run, numbered /50.
The card came out at a time when the New York Yankees were the best team in baseball and Jeter was a young superstar but not yet the icon he would transform into. 1999 marked the second of three straight World Series wins for the Yankees, reaffirming their spot as one of the top franchises in all of professional sports.
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