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2017 Topps UFC Knockout #75 Valentina Shevchenko — front
#75
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Valentina Shevchenko
Rookie Card

Which card is actually the rookie, how to tell it, and what gets mistaken for it.

  • The answer2017 Topps UFC Knockout #75
  • SubjectValentina Shevchenko
  • Year2017
  • ManufacturerTopps
  • ConfidenceHigh confidence
  • Print runUnknown — not estimated
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Why this is the rookie

TCDB flags three 2017-branded Shevchenko cards RC: Topps UFC Knockout #75 (released May 10, 2017), Topps Chrome UFC #83 (September 20, 2017) and Topps Museum Collection UFC #30 (February 28, 2018). All three have the RC designation. Knockout #75 was issued first, so it is the earliest RC. Chrome #83 is the one most sales listings call 'the rookie', but that reflects market preference, not an earlier release.

Her first card of any kind, since TCDB lists nothing for her before 2017. 2017 Topps UFC Knockout came out on May 10, 2017, four months before 2017 Topps Chrome UFC, so this is her first RC-logo card. Most sales listings focus on the Chrome #83 instead.

Commonly misidentified

Chrome Refractor, X-Fractor and Diamond Refractor versions of #83 are unnumbered and are sometimes sold as the base rookie. Knockout #75's coloured parallels are occasionally listed without their serial.

Identifying it

  • Card #75
  • Printed RC logo in the nameplate bar, bottom left
  • UFC logo top left; arm raised in a red-and-white UFC Reebok top
  • Nameplate VALENTINA SHEVCHENKO
  • Coloured versions are serial numbered: Green /215, Blue /99, Red /25, Gold 1/1

What gets mistaken for it

What you'll readWhat's true
2017 Topps Chrome #83 is her first rookie cardChrome #83 is an RC, but 2017 Topps UFC Knockout #75 came out about four months earlier (May 10 vs September 20, 2017, per TCDB).

Parallels

Base
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Unnumbered
Green
/215
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Blue
/99
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Red
/25
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Gold
1/1
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Grading & population

Population figures will be taken directly from the grading companies and dated when they are. None are shown yet.

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High confidence

Valentina Shevchenko's rookie card: 2017 Topps UFC Knockout #75 — Valentina Shevchenko.

TCDB flags three 2017-branded Shevchenko cards RC: Topps UFC Knockout #75 (released May 10, 2017), Topps Chrome UFC #83 (September 20, 2017) and Topps Museum Collection UFC #30 (February 28, 2018). All three have the RC designation. Knockout #75 was issued first, so it is the earliest RC. Chrome #83 is the one most sales listings call 'the rookie', but that reflects market preference, not an earlier release.

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2017 Topps UFC Knockout #75 — Valentina Shevchenko.

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