In 2004 Donruss hopelessly ruined their Leaf brand with a truckload of shenanigans. This card was shenaniganish, but was one of the cooler things from that set. This black & white card is an updated version of the Exhibit cards that were sold out of vending machines from 1921 to 1963. The Exhibits were postcard sized and had various backs including some that actually had a postcard back. While there are many different variations and over 23 different sets, the Exhibits cards are a fairly cheap and common way to pick up some good vintage cards. Leaf paid tribute to this set with this insert set. Unfortunately, Donruss put almost as many variations in the set as the original Exhibit company...
Here's the back. As you can see there are stats on the back. This pays tribute to the Statistic Back Exhibit cards from 1962-63. The 'checklist code' even states 1962-63. Neat, huh? The card is even numbered to 63 for 1963. Here's where it gets complicated: There are different variations of this card for each type of Exhibit card, all numbered to the year of the originals' issue. I can't find a checklist for '04 Leaf to detail every different kind,but there was a bunch of 'em all numbered to 63 or less. This was part of Donruss' go-to gimmick in the '00s: created a boatload of extremely low numbered parallels to create the illusion of scarcity. While the gimmick sucks, I like the retro cards and choose to ignore their unsavory nature. To further complicate things, the retail version of Leaf (which is a story in itself) had unnumbered version of these cards with blue ink on the front instead of black. So if you see one of these things remember that it's not as rare as it seems, but it's pretty cool anyway if you're into retro stuff. .
