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2009-10

LeBron James Numbers #NP-LJ

LeBron's Numbers card is the cleanest proof that 2009 still understands one of Exquisite's oldest collector pleasures: turning a player's jersey number into the card's actual scarcity language.

Text, Number, and Letter InsertsNumber Pieces and NumbersLeBron James
Year2009-10
SetUpper Deck Exquisite Collection Basketball
SubsetExquisite # Pieces
Insert familyNumber Pieces and Numbers
Card number#NP-LJ
PlayersLeBron James
TeamsCleveland Cavaliers
RookieNo
AutographYes
MemorabiliaYes
Serial numbering/23
Appearance kindsolo

Project source notes

  • TCDB 2009-10 inserts page: Used for the 2009-10 insert architecture, including All-NBA Access Dual Logos, All-NBA Access Triple Logos, Eights, Eights Patches, Exquisite Patches, Extra Exquisite Jerseys, Extra Exquisite Jerseys Gold, Extra Exquisite Patches, Jerseys, Limited Logos, Noble Nameplates, Numbers, Patches, Patches Autographs, Rookie Parallel, and Rookie Patch Flashback.
  • TCDB 2009-10 Numbers checklist: Used to confirm the 50-card size of the 2009 Numbers family and specific serial-number language such as Michael Jordan / LeBron James dual cards /23 and solo LeBron James Numbers /23.
  • Cardboard Connection 2009-10 product page: Used for the final-year release framing that actually matches the TCDB checklist backbone: 42 regular cards /199, 37 Exquisite Rookie Cards /225, Rookie Gold parallels, Rookie Patch Flashback, Exquisite Patches /50, Extra Exquisite jersey and patch branches, regular-card jerseys /25, patches /10, auto patches 1/1, Numbers, Noble Nameplates, and the All-NBA dual- and triple-logo ceiling.

Source references

Related cards

Placeholder illustration for a number-piece style insert frame.

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Jordan-LeBron Numbers is exactly the kind of cross-era prestige card that keeps the final NBA Exquisite release from feeling merely transitional. It extends the long-running Numbers idea into one of the year's most collector-friendly pairings.

Number Pieces and NumbersText, Number, and Letter Inserts/23Michael JordanLeBron James
Placeholder illustration for a premium autograph-patch insert frame.

Local placeholder art. Not an actual card image.

The 2009 Noble Nameplates branch matters because it proves the final NBA release still preserves Exquisite's typography-driven patch-auto elegance. LeBron at /18 keeps that late-run numbering language very much alive.

Noble NameplatesAutograph Patch Inserts/18LeBron James