Years back I used to be an avid Cherry Picker. I’d Cherry Picked the first tpg graded and attributed 53 Lincoln Proofs both the 401 and 402 varieties paying less than $40 for the pair. At auction combined they went for $2,250. Now, despite going on to replicate the results therein crashing the population report I still buy them when I find them. Continuing on the story, I’d recently looked at an auction for a pair of 53 proof Lincoln’s in fairly high grades (67’s) and ID’ed the 1 as a 401 and the other being just a regular proof. Anyways, as I’ve I’ve been rather bored I got slightly caught up in the bidding. The pair arrived today and I was right on the one coin being an unattributed FS-401. But….I was wrong about the other being a regular Lincoln Proof. In fact this coin is an unattributed FS-402…LOL. This was a funny surprise as I’d just returned from the Michigan State Numismatic Society show having decided that my eyesight was so poor I must throw in the towel. What are the odds of 2 different unattributed varieties of the same type & year coming up for auction?
