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The chrome switcheroo

I received this card from both A Cardboard Problem and Cardboard Catastrophes within a few days of each other. I noticed immediately that the Chrome version of Jonathan Broxton was different from the Topps base version of Broxton. There's the base version. It was a pleasant surprise, because like many collectors, I enjoy when the Chrome card is not merely a repeat of the base card. I made the unfortunate choice of attempting to collect the 2009 Chrome set, in which the vast majority -- if not all -- of the cards repeat the photo in the '09 base set (rookies exclusive to the Chrome set excluded). I may be forgetting some very few differences, but I don't have the time today to match up every single card. I have noticed a few other examples of this year's Chrome photos differing from the base card photos. I don't know if there are more examples of this happening in this year's set than last year's. I have purchased only a couple rack packs of 2011 Ch...