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Placeholder image policy
The archive still uses placeholder art when an exact public reference scan has not been matched cleanly to the checklist entry.
2006-07
The Jordan-LeBron dual version shows how far the Number Pieces concept had evolved by 2006. What started as a smart solo design idea becomes a deliberate cross-era centerpiece family once the set begins pairing icons inside the same serial-numbered language.
| Year | 2006-07 |
|---|---|
| Set | Upper Deck Exquisite Collection Basketball |
| Subset | Number Pieces Dual |
| Insert family | Number Pieces and Numbers |
| Card number | #DEN-JJ |
| Players | Michael Jordan / LeBron James |
| Teams | Chicago Bulls / Cleveland Cavaliers |
| Rookie | No |
| Autograph | Yes |
| Memorabilia | Yes |
| Serial numbering | /23 |
| Appearance kind | dual |
Project source notes
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LeBron's /23 Number Pieces entry is one of the cleanest illustrations of how Exquisite kept turning jersey numbers into part of the collecting language. In 2006, the family is large enough to feel like a central design thesis, not just a clever side branch.
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Number Pieces is one of the best expressions of Exquisite's collector-minded design language, and LeBron's /23 example makes that idea especially legible. The card is important not only because of the player, but because it shows how the sophomore set kept turning serial numbering itself into part of the storytelling.
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The corrected 2006 Jordan-LeBron Dual Enshrinements card is a /10, not a generic later-year placeholder. That matters because it places the card exactly where seasoned collectors expect it: in the honor-case part of the release, where the set stages icons as prestige pairings rather than just memorabilia pairings.
