1993-94 O-Pee-Chee Premier Hockey Forum

https://www.tcdb.com/Checklist.cfm/sid/48463/1993-94-O-Pee-Chee-Premier---Topps-Finest?PageIndex=1#4101125

https://www.tcdb.com/Checklist.cfm/sid/4990/1993-94-Topps-Premier---Finest?PageIndex=1#1588758

Other than coming out of different packaging whcih one would not know from which if he picked up a single card in a larger lot, what is the difference in these 2 sets?  If there is no difference, how can one log the one he has? If for trade, does one put it on the set that has a longer list of Wants?  Or put it in both knowing the recipient will never know the difference?

Avid hockey collectors - help.

I don't know if there is any difference. I only have one. Joe Murphy. I know for sure it's Topps Premier because it's from a box of Topps Premier I opened.

It was on an envelope at the bottom of the box so it's possible they used the same cards for both series.

A price guide publisher that maintains a rather comprehensive online checklist of sorts only has this set listed once, as "1993-94 Topps Premier Finest" and in the "Set Information" section it says "Randomly inserted in both Topps and OPC second-series packs..."

This is one of the sets where only one set should actually exist, but there should be links in both releases. Create an IR, then the resolvers can assign it to Admin to handle (only Admin can do that).

Done.

There are many Topps branded inserts that were issued in both Topps and OPC over the years. Most (if not all) are listed in both sets. The difference between the listings is the brand "Topps" precedes the set name in O-Pee-Chee product. I track mine according to the base set I collected. 

But unfortunately, once the package is opened and separated from the base set it came in, there is no way to tell which brand it was included in.  Having the two separate listings does not help someone who has just the one card.  This is the problem I had this morning when I looked up the one card I had.  Two listings but exactly the same card (the only difference was the dark scan in the Topps set - hopefully the better scan is the one that is saved).

Early 1990s was the beginning of the really dumb things card companies did.  They just became more numerous through the years.

Not this set, but there are some sets that I have found that are almost exactly like this. Thankfully in those they actually put a Topps or O-Pee-Chee stamp on them to differentiate, but otherwsise look the same.  

Yes, I did come across a few of those cards still made by Topps but the label on the front is clearly OPC.  I looked long and hard at this one before finally posting here asking the question.

I am so happy baseball card sets are so much easier to identify. (sarcasm)

But in WWE sets, we are expected to know what set name appeared on the pack, instead of on the card.  But I digress.

How about subsets for these cards? For instance, card #148 Selanne/Mogilny look identical in both sets. They both say "premier" on the front, and neither has French on the back like regular base cards.