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2003-04 Fleer Ultra #171 — Lucky 13

Fleer · Card #171 · The first of the Lucky 13, numbered to 500
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Fleer set its leading rookies of 2003-04 apart at the back of the Ultra set under the name Lucky 13, each serial-numbered to 500. LeBron James is the first of them, #171.

That means the card most people would call the base Ultra LeBron is already numbered. There is no unnumbered pack version of #171 beneath it.

The card most people would call the base Ultra LeBron is already numbered to 500.

The photograph is a studio-lit pose: LeBron in the red Cavaliers jersey, number 23, crouched with the ball at his side against a soft gray ground, his name in a blue band and Cavaliers / F in a red one below.

Above it are a die-cut Gold Medallion parallel, inserted about one in eight packs for the rookies, and a Platinum Medallion numbered to 100. A near twin also exists outside the packs: a version issued with a die-cast Hummer H2, without the serial number or the Lucky 13 mark.

The set as a whole has 195 cards. LeBron's season in it ended with the Rookie of the Year award.

Set
2003-04 Fleer Ultra · 195 cards
Card
#171 · Lucky 13
Numbered
To 500
Team
Cleveland Cavaliers
Parallels
Gold Medallion (die-cut); Platinum Medallion /100
The near twin
Hummer H2 version — no number, no Lucky 13 mark
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LeBron James, in cards

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