Does this one really exist?

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Posted By: Gilbert Porter

I purchased a "complete" set of the p2 pins at a Sportscards Plus auction a few years go that claimed to have all 205 pins, but when it arrived it only had 204 pins and was missing the Mullen pin that you mention. When I mentioned the missing pin to them, they told me that they did not know what happened to the pin and would not be able to locate a replacement for me. They offered to pay me the book value instead (which is, of course, an inconsequential sum) - I never accepted their offer of payment, and this has gone unresolved. But after several years of non-stop looking I have never been able to locate this pin to complete my set.

Until your posting, I simply assumed that I was incompetent at locating this pin.

Does Lemke have a view on this? He must have had a basis for listing the pin in the first place. And if it is as rare as you suggest, why does the book value not reflect the scarcity?