2001 Fleer Platinum was a baseball card set produced and distributed by Fleer. The set was originally intended to be a celebration of the 20th anniversary of the 1981 Fleer set. Thus insert sets included the Classic Combinations set, linking stars of today with previous generations, Twentieth Anniversary Reprints, reprinting many of the classic rookie cards from the 1980's and the Rack Pack Autographs, buybacks of other Fleer cards and autographed by the player. The set was also intended to only be a single series 300 card set with insert sets. But after the set was so successful, a second series was quickly produced and released later in the year. By releasing very late in the year, many rookies are included that did not have cards in most other sets.