While researching how eBay has become inundated with Aaron Hernandez merchandise following his arrest and subsequent release from the Patriots, we came across this $500 trading card. What makes this card so special, other than the fact it bears the likeness of an alleged murderer?

It has a diamond in it.

The card, from the 2012 Panini Momentum Football series, features a real diamond where Hernandez’s diamond earring would appear in the photograph. From Sports Card Radio:

Some of the most intriguing cards in the set are the Studs insert cards. They will feature pictures of players who are known to wear bling bling in the ear. The cards will also be embedded with REAL diamonds. These will be rare and extremely tough to pull – but it’s a good idea for a set.

Hernandez isn’t the only player to receive the “Studs” treatment – he isn’t even the only player with legal troubles to receive it.

Hernandez is joined by Hines Ward, Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson and Michael Vick. If you wish to add this gem to your collection, you have 27 days to act before the auction ends.

[Photo via Beckett.com]