Rookie Cards Under $100
All five of these RCs can be found for about $100 or less. ey are not autographed, but come from strong brands. Certified normally features autographed memorabilia Freshman Fabrics as the base RCs, but in 2020, basic RCs were issued along with Freshman Fabrics. is is numbered to 399 with 12 Mirror Parallels. Popular ones are Red numbered to 99, Blue to 75, Gold to 25, Purple to 10 and a 1-of-1 Black. Prizm is arguably the most popular brand for basic Rookie Cards and parallels. Burrow’s goes for about $80. ere are more than 30 parallels—some numbered and some not. Prizms, Snakeskin, Black and White Checker, and White Sparkle are not numbered. Blue Wave is numbered to 199, Hyper to 175, No Huddle to 79, Camo to 25 and Gold to 10.
Burrow’s Optic Rated Rookie RC is not far behind the Prizm
in terms of value. Many collectors prefer the Rated found in base Donruss and in Donruss Optic. Top parallels (there are more than 25) include unnumbered Holo, Pink, Blue Scope and Aqua numbered to 299, Wave to 199, Silver Circles to 125, Blank Pandora to 25 and Gold to 10. Select can be a confusing set to sort, with three different levels of rarity: Concourse, Premier and Field. e Concourse Level is considered the RC. ere are 40 parallels including unnumbered Silver, Disco, Tiger, Zebra and numbered Blue to 175, Red to 99, Dragon Scale to 67, White to 35 and Gold Disco to 10. e Elite RC is a great option for less than $40 numbered to 799. ere are 14 parallels, with the popular Aspirations numbered to 91, Purple to 99, Gold to 10, Status to 9 and 1-of-1 Black.