Mike Trout's 2011 Topps Update rookie, #US175, came in a Hope Diamond version numbered to 60, in Topps' sixtieth year.
Update was released on October 5, 2011, 330 cards. For the anniversary Topps made a set of one-time Diamond parallels across the year, Platinum, Cognac and Hope, with a Canary Diamond of one, and said plainly that no real diamonds were used. The Hope Diamond came only in Update packs, about one in 68 hobby packs, and should not be confused with the Black parallel, also numbered to 60.
No real diamonds were used. The border looks as if they were.
The border is a field of blue, cut into glittering facets. He is in the Angels' white home uniform, a 50 patch on his sleeve, finishing a swing with his eyes still on the ball. The Topps Diamond Anniversary logo sits at the upper right, the RC logo at the lower left, and MIKE TROUT runs on a red banner beside a silver medallion, with OUTFIELD beneath. The copy pictured is 28 of 60.
It came out three months after his debut.
The base card is our roster card. This is the same picture, dressed in blue facets.
